as in undesirable
not wanted or desired
The result was an undesired outcome.
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Recent Examples of undesired
Today's businesses can't afford to take a break, even in the face of natural disasters or undesired events.
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Oyku Ilgar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Still, taking on a pick swap to take on undesired money is one way to play the cap room game … but the Spurs also could have signed a player into that room.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
Often, using too many products can be unnecessary, cancel each other out, or even stress out skin for undesired results overall.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
Finally, red teaming identifies weaknesses by having an independent team challenge the model to provoke undesired behavior.
—Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Oyku Ilgar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Still, taking on a pick swap to take on undesired money is one way to play the cap room game … but the Spurs also could have signed a player into that room.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 7 July 2024
Often, using too many products can be unnecessary, cancel each other out, or even stress out skin for undesired results overall.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
Finally, red teaming identifies weaknesses by having an independent team challenge the model to provoke undesired behavior.
—Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undesired
Adjective
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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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This helps control unwanted greenery and provides nutrients to promote spring growth.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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The pest controller spends his days criss-crossing Britain’s second-largest city to remove rats, cockroaches and other unwanted creatures from people’s homes.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Forcing Americans and small independent American companies to rely on those same tools is an unacceptable outcome of domestic legislation.—
Emma Woollacott,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Defense stocks were once considered socially unacceptable investments, but fund managers are slowly changing tack as the sector has rallied in recent years.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Undesired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesired. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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