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Recent Examples of unenviable
No fan should be told how to follow their team, nor be scolded for feeling conflicted, especially as Spurs supporters have been put in this unenviable bind by the failings of their club — rather than the other way around.
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Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Rubio made the rounds on the Sunday shows, but plenty of questions remain about his unenviable new assignment.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2026
And with that comes a miserable, complicated, and ironically unenviable predicament for general manager Mike Grier.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Rubio made the rounds on the Sunday shows, but plenty of questions remain about his unenviable new assignment.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2026
And with that comes a miserable, complicated, and ironically unenviable predicament for general manager Mike Grier.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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In Paladino’s case, the rationale is distaste for density and perceived undesirable new tenants.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
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For example, putting lots more residents on the outskirts of urban cores can result in more clogged freeways and undesirable commuting times.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Naperville needs to focus now on building a green/clean energy infrastructure to be sustainable so the city is ready when its abominable coal contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency is finished.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
16 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
Adjective
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Grier could choose to navigate the deadline by parting with some periphery pieces — or even one or two that the Sharks rely on a great deal — but not dramatically subtracting from a group that played its way into playoff contention after a horrid start to the 2025-26 season.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Their windows and their kitchens are horrid.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The ghastly kills are there — innards are spilled on floors, knives go through temples, heads stuck on pikes expel vomitous discharge — but there’s little of the preceding back-and-forth that made such scenes notable in the past and at least conceptually justified the grotesquerie.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the two seasons before Motta’s return, the Mavericks were a ghastly 24-140 under Richie Adubato and Quinn Buckner.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Set in a Southern English town, the film follows Xavier Prince (Lukeba), a deeply troubled man whose good deed turns into a hellish nightmare when he’s accused of murder.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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