as in undesirable
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Recent Examples of unenviable
The size of the budget gap backed lawmakers into a corner, giving them the unenviable task of cutting their way out.
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Salvi’s wife, Kathy, current chair of the statewide GOP, has the unenviable task of trying to rebuild what is a feeble Republican Party in deep-blue Illinois.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
There’s a rich history of parties creating new jobs when exceptional talent is willing to take them on, but Stefanik already gave up a legitimately powerful position to take on that unenviable task of representing Trump on the global stage.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
That leader will face the unenviable task of getting Japan’s reform process back on track — just as Trump 2.0 does his worst to the global trade system.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Salvi’s wife, Kathy, current chair of the statewide GOP, has the unenviable task of trying to rebuild what is a feeble Republican Party in deep-blue Illinois.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
There’s a rich history of parties creating new jobs when exceptional talent is willing to take them on, but Stefanik already gave up a legitimately powerful position to take on that unenviable task of representing Trump on the global stage.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
That leader will face the unenviable task of getting Japan’s reform process back on track — just as Trump 2.0 does his worst to the global trade system.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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The Rockies remain on pace to break that undesirable record.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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Various lawmakers, many of whom were elected on platforms of reducing migration to Europe, are pushing to be allowed to more easily deport, surveil or otherwise control people who are considered dangerous or undesirable in Europe.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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During her time on the stand, Ventura recounted horrid details about what allegedly transpired during her relationship with Diddy.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
23 May 2025
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The Hornets are coming off a horrid 2024-25 season.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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When the man is hauled to Dachau, Charlotte considers this a stroke of luck—a moment that most reveals the ghastly darkness of Charlotte’s heart, but not the last.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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The fungus that hijacks ants like a ghastly marionette Penn State The humble carpenter ant is the unsuspecting victim of this nightmare.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Apr. 2025
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Bill Clinton’s attempts to overhaul health care in the 1990s doomed his fellow Democrats to a hellish 1994 midterm cycle.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 June 2025
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Still, the trailer alone reveals that the Weeknd encounters a crazed fan who puts him through some kind of hellish situation in a luxury hotel room.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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