as in undesirable
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Recent Examples of unenviable
Burke’s manager, Will Venable, is in the unenviable position of acting as the new rebuilding coordinator for a team that set the major-league record for losses in 2024.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Transfer portal signee Lucy Olsen stepped into the unenviable void held by Clark.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
But as a Times journalist and MSNBC contributor focused on the intricacies of congressional power, Annie Karni is in the especially unenviable position of having to follow the near-daily scandals and outrages surrounding the House’s Republican leadership during the second Trump administration.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
There’s a fine line between lighting up people when it’s required while also giving positive reinforcement, and Bridges has figured out the formula to toeing it effectively, taking on the unenviable duty of being the person trying to keep everybody in check on the court.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Transfer portal signee Lucy Olsen stepped into the unenviable void held by Clark.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
But as a Times journalist and MSNBC contributor focused on the intricacies of congressional power, Annie Karni is in the especially unenviable position of having to follow the near-daily scandals and outrages surrounding the House’s Republican leadership during the second Trump administration.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
There’s a fine line between lighting up people when it’s required while also giving positive reinforcement, and Bridges has figured out the formula to toeing it effectively, taking on the unenviable duty of being the person trying to keep everybody in check on the court.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
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On the seventh pitch of their duel, McCaughan, who pitched the final two innings of Thursday’s game, caught Altuve looking, giving him a rare, undesirable platinum sombrero.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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That’s making the best of an undesirable situation.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2025
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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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Fears of an economic recession have been cited as a catalyst for the stock market’s horrid run this week.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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He was yanked against the Capitals after allowing five goals in a horrid appearance on Saturday.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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For a wildly imaginative world-building project, the film is mostly ghastly to look at, all flat green-screen and blocky sets for the cast to scramble upon.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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At age 6, little Richie Starkey contracted a ghastly case of peritonitis.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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Boston's hellish housing market could soon get even trickier to navigate.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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During the hellish month preceding his murder, the boy was also denied his prescription medications, jurors heard at the trial.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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