as in undesirable
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Recent Examples of unenviable
Part of the problem was that the Ravens often put themselves in unenviable positions because of penalties or other mistakes.
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Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
The film, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a young couple in unenviable circumstances, has grossed a solid $11.7 million to date.
—Variety, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Shortly thereafter, Richard took on the unenviable task of telling the siblings that the younger woman’s cancer had likely advanced to stage 3B.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
Glaser’s unenviable job will be to make everybody forget that.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
The film, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a young couple in unenviable circumstances, has grossed a solid $11.7 million to date.
—Variety, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Shortly thereafter, Richard took on the unenviable task of telling the siblings that the younger woman’s cancer had likely advanced to stage 3B.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
Glaser’s unenviable job will be to make everybody forget that.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unenviable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
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Embracing Automation There’s currently a shortage of 10 million labor jobs in the U.S., many of which are unsafe or undesirable.Mark Johnson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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With the loss, the Vikings settled for the undesirable distinction of having the most wins for a wild-card team in league history.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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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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But that face is all the better to leer at his creator with, and Ito’s Frankenstein does a wonderful job at capturing a man being chased by his own abominable choices.Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Quinn's letter probably holds a horrid secret about how humanity became doomed.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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This fourth straight horrid campaign has been, in many ways, worse than the previous three.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The ghastly incident unfolded at a Days Inn hotel that had been converted into a shelter by the city on East New York Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood.David Unsworth, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
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The immediate reason for that is that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to prolong the ghastly war in Gaza to avoid standing trial at home on corruption charges which carry a prison sentence.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Mostly shying away from politics, From Ground Zero is a view of life in hellish conditions that also finds hope in small moments of normalcy.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
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Like exploring a hellish version of the infamous Titanic disaster, Juliette locates the pump switch and plugs the power cord in that activates the silo-saving pump.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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