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Recent Examples of unenviable
Carolina dismantled their six-game winning streak, and now the Cardinals will be the unenviable target of Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford’s wrath on Sunday.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
Brown now had the unenviable and unimaginable task of telling his team.
—Brian Robin, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
This was Schumer’s unenviable position throughout the shutdown.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Mary gets the unenviable job of sitting down with Meredith, who continues to deny.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
Brown now had the unenviable and unimaginable task of telling his team.
—Brian Robin, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
This was Schumer’s unenviable position throughout the shutdown.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Mary gets the unenviable job of sitting down with Meredith, who continues to deny.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
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Mike Tomlin’s future in Pittsburgh in question Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin tied an undesirable record Monday night with his seventh consecutive playoff defeat.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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Being aggressive in editing out undesirable plants in your new garden will be the beginning of a great garden in the future.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 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
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Who would ever buy that abominable lightning-bolt conference table?—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Dec. 2025
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Not signing Calais Campbell — or finding an adequate replacement — led to the horrid run defense that contributed to the 0-3 start.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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Looking horrid while wearing yellow as of late?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
5 Dec. 2025
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This came despite Golden State being a ghastly 5 of 22 from behind the arc.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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In the nineties, ghastly revelations about the mining conditions in countries such as Sierra Leone, shed harsh light on the back end of the business.—
Emilia Petrarca,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
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This is going to be a hellish legislative session — again — for many Florida lawmakers.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Then, in the distance, a camera flash lit up a hellish sight—wreathed in the smoke from village fires, a great black pipe organ, as tall as the houses on either side, heaved and rolled across the square.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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