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Recent Examples of unenviable
This puts the new Sullivan/Hafley regime in an unenviable spot.
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Greg Cote
april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
California’s insurance commissioner may be the state’s most unenviable political job.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Floyd also warned that judges tasked with presiding over eligibility lawsuits face the unenviable task of assessing these complicated economic questions without much data to go by and with rules and trends changing in college sports management.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Colin Rea had the unenviable task Friday against the Cleveland Guardians.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
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Greg Cote
april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
California’s insurance commissioner may be the state’s most unenviable political job.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Floyd also warned that judges tasked with presiding over eligibility lawsuits face the unenviable task of assessing these complicated economic questions without much data to go by and with rules and trends changing in college sports management.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Colin Rea had the unenviable task Friday against the Cleveland Guardians.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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The regulatory, validation and safety considerations in pharma alone make that timeline unrealistic, and frankly, undesirable.—
Hamid Noori,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Other undesirable companion plants include parsley, which can cause lettuce to bolt sooner.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills?—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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With a wild-card playoff berth secured, zero chance to win the AFC East title and the Jets among the most abominable teams of the 21st century, the Bills’ lineup was loaded with backups.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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With the team’s struggles from the second half of last season and the horrid start to this season, the noise around Mendoza’s job security has only increased.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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From a certain perspective, the traps that Ibsen had laid for his characters were hilariously well made, and the one character who got the ghastly humor within the play itself was Hedda.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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There’s no ghastly passenger touchscreen, no dimwitted haptic touchpads and no infuriating AI assistant.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Without it, the film would be even more hellish.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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But that doesn’t make watching Her Private Hell any less hellish.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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