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Recent Examples of unenviable
Rubio made the rounds on the Sunday shows, but plenty of questions remain about his unenviable new assignment.
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2026
And with that comes a miserable, complicated, and ironically unenviable predicament for general manager Mike Grier.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine and director Paul Feig had the unenviable task of preserving the source material's shocks and thrills for audiences unfamiliar with the book, while also keeping things fresh for fans of the original.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
Carolina dismantled their six-game winning streak, and now the Cardinals will be the unenviable target of Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford’s wrath on Sunday.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
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Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2026
And with that comes a miserable, complicated, and ironically unenviable predicament for general manager Mike Grier.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine and director Paul Feig had the unenviable task of preserving the source material's shocks and thrills for audiences unfamiliar with the book, while also keeping things fresh for fans of the original.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
Carolina dismantled their six-game winning streak, and now the Cardinals will be the unenviable target of Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford’s wrath on Sunday.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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Some cultural commentators argue dogs are especially important for this generation because other traditional markers of stability and adulthood – a mortgage, a child – feel out of reach or simply undesirable.—
Margret Grebowicz,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nonhormonal choices such as copper IUDs and diaphragms can be invasive and bring undesirable side effects of their own.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Naperville needs to focus now on building a green/clean energy infrastructure to be sustainable so the city is ready when its abominable coal contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency is finished.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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With a wild-card playoff berth secured, zero chance to win the AFC East title and the Jets among the most abominable teams of the 21st century, the Bills’ lineup was loaded with backups.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Not signing Calais Campbell — or finding an adequate replacement — led to the horrid run defense that contributed to the 0-3 start.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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Looking horrid while wearing yellow as of late?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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And Petitti, presumably with the backing of his schools, favored a ghastly 24-team model that would have fundamentally altered the regular season.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Not as some awful sort of ghastly skeleton with a scythe in its hand coming to chop us off.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Finding the beauty in that hellish croak — something that Josh Groban was able to do in the last Broadway revival — can prove exceptionally difficult.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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This season takes a hellish turn, as our caveman protagonist encounters undead and other paranormal enemies.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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