undesirable
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌʌndɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/
undesirable
- Objectionable or not likely to please.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC ↗:
- There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.
- 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery, page 327:
- Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.
- French: indésirable
- German: unerwünscht
- Italian: indesiderabile
- Portuguese: indesejável
- Russian: нежела́тельный
- Spanish: indeseable
undesirable (plural undesirables)
- (often, plural) An undesirable person.
- mesel (obs.), see also Thesaurus:criminal, jerk, villain, and troublemaker
- Portuguese: indesejável
- Spanish: indeseable
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