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Recent Examples of unenviable
The role of the vice president Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over the certification, putting her in the unenviable position of certifying the victory of her 2024 opponent.
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Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Two seasons ago, Dougherty Valley had the unenviable task of facing the Benin native.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
On January 22, 2006, while playing for the Raptors, Rose was given the unenviable task of guarding Bryant.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
This year’s show unenviable job will be to make everybody forget that.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Two seasons ago, Dougherty Valley had the unenviable task of facing the Benin native.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
On January 22, 2006, while playing for the Raptors, Rose was given the unenviable task of guarding Bryant.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
This year’s show unenviable job will be to make everybody forget that.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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The government has an interest in increasing economic activity and that can be accomplished by removing potential roadblocks like burdensome regulation and undesirable tax consequences.—
Joshua D. Smeltzer,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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This language swap also works to discourage undesirable actions.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett 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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The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
8 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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He was yanked against the Capitals after allowing five goals in a horrid appearance on Saturday.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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But that horrid performance was in Test cricket, where his technique and declining reflexes came under fire.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But Rozier had a nightmarish second half, missing all eight of his shots and committing three ghastly turnovers.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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This one was distilled to its essence in the first period, when the Blackhawks got a power play and proceeded to give the puck away three times in less than 10 seconds, including ghastly turnovers by Seth Jones and Bedard.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But its counterpart, which treats the battle from the perspective of the Japanese forces, is even more remarkable, capturing the hellish conditions in which the soldiers fought and the unforgiving ideology that brought them to the battlefield in the first place.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Inch-high avatars stand to scale in lush 3D sets of magical forests, hellish underworlds, even high schools.—
Eric Francisco,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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