: one that is undesirable
Examples of undesirable in a Sentence
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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Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
When Morey became Philadelphia's president of basketball operations, the team was in a tough spot after years of mismanaging premium assets and handing out undesirable contracts.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 12 May 2026
John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The undesirables who entered our country illegally, then committed some crime, were defended by protests against federal law enforcement.
—Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Also, remove undesirable weeds and loosen the top inch or so of soil.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
When Morey became Philadelphia's president of basketball operations, the team was in a tough spot after years of mismanaging premium assets and handing out undesirable contracts.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Noun
And so our ward, New Hyde, becomes a sort of metaphor for all the ways in which society disappears its undesirables.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The undesirables who entered our country illegally, then committed some crime, were defended by protests against federal law enforcement.
—Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undesirable. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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