Adjective
The drug has some undesirable side effects.
This may have undesirable consequences.
Frankly, it's an undesirable and unpleasant job.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The radiation from the storm could have other undesirable effects.—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 May 2024 Seeing her thick curly hair as something undesirable and taboo she, like many Black woman, tried to tame it and fit into the old American beauty mold of straight and manageable.—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024 Russia’s increasing loss of control of the facility highlights an unintended — and, for Moscow, undesirable — consequence of its invasion of Ukraine.—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 1 May 2024 Courts have also dismissed cases where employees alleged that they were assigned undesirable schedules or placed on probation because of discrimination.—Ming-Qi Chu, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024 When the deliveries started, many customers found that undesirable, so the cars were resprayed with thicker coats.—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024 The best part is that CBD has no adverse or undesirable side effects.—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024 That can help avoid generative AI controversies caused by undesirable or unintended responses, like the recent ones with explicit fakes of celebrities (Microsoft’s Designer image generator), historically inaccurate images (Google Gemini), or Mario piloting a plane toward the Twin Towers (Bing).—Emilia David, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024 The survey, which included responses from over 1,300 Americans, found that employees are willing to make substantial sacrifices, including staying in undesirable jobs, to maintain coverage for these drugs.—Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Noun
Syria’s security services have not been waiting for external validation to target dissidents and perceived undesirables.—Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2023 Mbappe had been training with PSG's 'undesirables' and watched Saturday's Ligue 1 season opener - a 0-0 draw with Lorient - from the stands with Dembele.—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023 Similarly, disturbing large sections of soil while dispatching undesirables can expose seeds of other foes, so replant immediately with good guys that have a broad footprint to fill the space.—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023 And ultimately, cities walled themselves off, consigning criminals, the poor, and other undesirables to roam a dangerous rural wasteland.—Time, 27 July 2023 The term was coined for land next to the road where nothing will grow, except perhaps undesirables such as crabgrass and poison ivy.—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 12 July 2023 Norway constructs a wall to keep out undesirables.—John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023 The attention of his fear was undesirables, including Jews.—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2020 This amazing little machine fights pollutants, mold, dander, and other airborne undesirables with technology that works at the molecular level.—Tony Vaz, Popular Science, 9 Mar. 2020
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