: one that is undesirable
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Adjective
The drug has some undesirable side effects.
This may have undesirable consequences.
Frankly, it's an undesirable and unpleasant job.
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Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
While the projects have been pitched as part of an Appalachian reboot, some residents attacked them as more of the same — undesirable industries courted in the name of job creation, like the prisons that dot the mountains of Kentucky, or coal mining itself.
—Ben Paviour, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
According to a study by Amerisleep, the list of undesirables includes bacteria, body fluids, dead skin cells and dust mites, all of which can harm your health, not to mention your peace of mind.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
All of these elements work in concert to fashion a lifestyle that makes leaving the complex simply undesirable.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
While the projects have been pitched as part of an Appalachian reboot, some residents attacked them as more of the same — undesirable industries courted in the name of job creation, like the prisons that dot the mountains of Kentucky, or coal mining itself.
—Ben Paviour, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Noun
Because underground resistance fighters were considered enemies of the state by the communist Polish regime, Pilecki’s surviving family members were treated as undesirables.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
According to a study by Amerisleep, the list of undesirables includes bacteria, body fluids, dead skin cells and dust mites, all of which can harm your health, not to mention your peace of mind.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undesirable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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