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Recent Examples of unenviable
When crafting the Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 premiere, which picked up in the immediate aftermath of an explosion at Grey Sloan Memorial, showrunner Meg Marinis was given the unenviable task of deciding which beloved hospital staffer wouldn’t live to see Episode 2.
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
But both groups share the unenviable position of not being paid until the government reopens.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
The mayor has the unenviable task of tackling a housing crisis in the city, and to her credit has pushed office-to-residential conversions.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
When an outbreak of an infectious disease begins to spread, policymakers face an unenviable challenge.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
But both groups share the unenviable position of not being paid until the government reopens.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
The mayor has the unenviable task of tackling a housing crisis in the city, and to her credit has pushed office-to-residential conversions.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
When an outbreak of an infectious disease begins to spread, policymakers face an unenviable challenge.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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Creams allow for even application on the skin, but they cannot be applied to clothing and can leave an undesirable residue.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2025
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This is the fourth Hammer Frankenstein film but only the third directed by Terence Fisher – after nine years away from the Baron’s experiments, Fisher returns for a gut-punching tale of undesirable outsiders, execution anxiety, and gender-bent possession.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Malik Nabers is sidelined for the remainder of the season, Darius Slayton missed the last couple of weeks with a hamstring injury (although he is slated to return for Week 8), and the Giants' depth at the position is abominable.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Raiders have had three regimes pay really good money for three consecutive veteran quarterbacks who have been abominable.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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An innocent fellow named TimMet a zombie quite horrid and grim.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Employing the term evokes a horrid history of institutional abuse against gay people.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nearby, a man crosses the street in what could be the ghastly heart of an endless New York summer.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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These women are more than happy to say ghastly things about each other on camera.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Akatsuki spent a decade orbiting the planet and was well beyond its design lifetime when its mission ended, giving unprecedented looks at the hellish atmosphere of Venus.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Schedules of actors suddenly became hellish.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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