• IPA: /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/, [dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbəɫ]

desirable

1. Worthy to be desire#Verb|desired; pleasing; agreeable.

   This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get{{...}

• undesirable

• French: souhaitable, désirable
• German: erwünscht
• Italian: desiderabile
• Portuguese: desejável
• Russian: жела́тельный
• Spanish: deseable, conveniente

desirable (plural desirables)

1. A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

   There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.