as in undesirable
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The film, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh as a young couple in unenviable circumstances, has grossed $4.5 million to date after playing for one weekend in limited release.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Oct. 2024
Hired by the Guardians on November 6 of last year, Vogt faced the unenviable challenge of following Cleveland managerial icon Terry Francona.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
This is innately disturbing subject matter, and Fuller had the unenviable challenge of deciding how much graphic detail to include and how much to withhold, particularly when children were the victims.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
This could leave the Japanese government with an unenviable choice: attack Chinese forces or tacitly acquiesce to their presence by responding with only diplomatic and economic measures.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2021
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Oct. 2024
Hired by the Guardians on November 6 of last year, Vogt faced the unenviable challenge of following Cleveland managerial icon Terry Francona.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
This is innately disturbing subject matter, and Fuller had the unenviable challenge of deciding how much graphic detail to include and how much to withhold, particularly when children were the victims.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
This could leave the Japanese government with an unenviable choice: attack Chinese forces or tacitly acquiesce to their presence by responding with only diplomatic and economic measures.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
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Risk-averse professionals will respond well to suggestions that eradicate undesirable results.Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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In addition to being a great way to attract young talent to an agricultural career this is turning out to be a great way to reduce the cost and undesirable toil of hand weeding – particularly in things like leafy vegetable crops.Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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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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His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care.Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
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Not only that, but this is a great matchup for Brown against this horrid Jaguars defense.Matt Modi, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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That's the horrid reality for deaf and mute author Maddie Young (Kate Siegel), who retreats to a cabin in the woods to write her next book — only to become the target of a sadistic, taunting serial killer.James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Daryl tracked them to a quaint farmhouse with a ghastly walkway lined with guard walkers.Charlie Mason, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024
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Ken Page, the Broadway veteran who provided the voice of the ghastly villain Oogie Boogie in the Tim Burton-produced The Nightmare Before Christmas, died Monday at his home in St. Louis, his reps said.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) transforms into the Green Goblin and sets about making his former best friend’s life generally hellish.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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