undesirably

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undesirably
Adverb
  • Strained by industrial and agricultural demand and mismanagement, and insufficiently replenished by rainfall and snow melt, three-quarters of the world's population now live in areas where the water is drying up beneath our feet.
    Kelly Parsons, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But the city at first only confirmed that the building owner had complied with the ordinance in an insufficiently official email, Meister said.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Inspectors saw an employee inadequately reheating veggie meat.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • If soils have been dry or inadequately irrigated, consider harvesting nearly ripe fruit before rainstorm events to avoid cracking.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.
    Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Undesirably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesirably. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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