undesirable
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/ˌʌndɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/
Definition of undesirable
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Not desirable, objectionable or not likely to please.
“There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.”
“Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.”
“[David] Brog spoke movingly of his immigrant grandfather as a triumph of the assimilationist model—a Romanian Jew who emigrated to America, learned English, and became a good patriotic American—but failed to mention that the 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.”
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adj
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Not desirable, objectionable or not likely to please.
“There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.”
“Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.”
“[David] Brog spoke movingly of his immigrant grandfather as a triumph of the assimilationist model—a Romanian Jew who emigrated to America, learned English, and became a good patriotic American—but failed to mention that the 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.”
noun
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(in-plural, often)An undesirable person.
“The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.”
“The Camden Bench is not an anomaly: more and more, our cities are being designed to keep those deemed as ‘undesirables’ out. By its very nature this is ‘hostile architecture’—urban design with a focus on exclusion, design that inhibits community and tells us who is welcome and who is not.”
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Etymology
From un- + desirable.
Words you can make from undesirable
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1 word9-letter words
17 words8-letter words
68 words- ABSEILED 11 pts
- AUDIBLES 11 pts
- BEDLINER 11 pts
- BEDRAILS 11 pts
- BELADIES 11 pts
- BILANDER 11 pts
- BLENDERS 11 pts
- BLINDERS 11 pts
- BLUNDERS 11 pts
- BRANDIES 11 pts
- BRINDLES 11 pts
- BUILDERS 11 pts
- BUNDLERS 11 pts
- BURNSIDE 11 pts
- DAUBRIES 11 pts
- DEBRUISE 11 pts
- DENIABLE 11 pts
- DISABLER 11 pts
- DURABLES 11 pts
- INBREEDS 11 pts
- LINEBRED 11 pts
- RAILBEDS 11 pts
- REBLENDS 11 pts
- REBUILDS 11 pts
- RENDIBLE 11 pts
- RIDEABLE 11 pts
- SENDABLE 11 pts
- SIDEBURN 11 pts
- UNBEARED 11 pts
- UNBIASED 11 pts
- UNBRAIDS 11 pts
- UNBRIDLE 11 pts
- UNEDIBLE 11 pts
- ABSEILER 10 pts
- BASELINE 10 pts
- BERLINES 10 pts
- BLUESIER 10 pts
- ENABLERS 10 pts
- NEBULISE 10 pts
- REUSABLE 10 pts
- RINSABLE 10 pts
- RUINABLE 10 pts
- URBANISE 10 pts
- ARSENIDE 9 pts
- DELAINES 9 pts
- DENARIUS 9 pts
- DIURNALS 9 pts
- ISLANDER 9 pts
- LAUNDERS 9 pts
- LEISURED 9 pts
- LURDANES 9 pts
- NEARSIDE 9 pts
- REALISED 9 pts
- REDLINES 9 pts
- RENAILED 9 pts
- RESAILED 9 pts
- RESIDUAL 9 pts
- SIDEREAL 9 pts
- UNDERLIE 9 pts
- UNDERSEA 9 pts
- UNERASED 9 pts
- UNLEASED 9 pts
- UNRAISED 9 pts
- UNSEALED 9 pts
- UNSEARED 9 pts
- URANIDES 9 pts
- ALIENERS 8 pts
- UNEASIER 8 pts
7-letter words
113 words- ABIDERS 10 pts
- AUDIBLE 10 pts
- BALDIES 10 pts
- BANDERS 10 pts
- BANDIER 10 pts
- BANDIES 10 pts
- BASINED 10 pts
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- BEADIER 10 pts
- BEADLES 10 pts
- BEDRAIL 10 pts
- BEDUINS 10 pts
- BELAUDS 10 pts
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- BENDIER 10 pts
- BINDERS 10 pts
- BINDLES 10 pts
- BLADERS 10 pts
- BLANDER 10 pts
- BLEARED 10 pts
- BLENDER 10 pts
- BLENDES 10 pts
- BLINDER 10 pts
- BLUNDER 10 pts
- BRAILED 10 pts
- BRAINED 10 pts
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- BRIDALS 10 pts
- BRIDLES 10 pts
- BRINDLE 10 pts
- BRUISED 10 pts
- BUILDER 10 pts
- BUNDLER 10 pts
- BUNDLES 10 pts
- BURDENS 10 pts
- BURDIES 10 pts
- BURSEED 10 pts
- DARBIES 10 pts
- DAUBERS 10 pts
- DAUBIER 10 pts
- DEBASER 10 pts
- DERBIES 10 pts
- DISABLE 10 pts
- DURABLE 10 pts
- EARBUDS 10 pts
- EDIBLES 10 pts
- ENABLED 10 pts
- INBREDS 10 pts
- INBREED 10 pts
- BAILEES 9 pts
- BAILERS 9 pts
- BALEENS 9 pts
- BEANIES 9 pts
- BELIERS 9 pts
- BERLINE 9 pts
- BERLINS 9 pts
- BURIALS 9 pts
- BURNIES 9 pts
- ENABLER 9 pts
- ENABLES 9 pts
- LESBIAN 9 pts
- NEBULAE 9 pts
- NEBULAR 9 pts
- NEBULAS 9 pts
- AEDILES 8 pts
- ALDRINS 8 pts
- ALIENED 8 pts
- ALIUNDE 8 pts
- ANISEED 8 pts
- ASUNDER 8 pts
- AUDILES 8 pts
- DANSEUR 8 pts
- DARNELS 8 pts
- DEALERS 8 pts
- DEARIES 8 pts
- DELAINE 8 pts
- DENIALS 8 pts
- DENIERS 8 pts
- DERAILS 8 pts
- DIALERS 8 pts
- DIURNAL 8 pts
- DUALISE 8 pts
- DUELERS 8 pts
- DURIANS 8 pts
- ELUDERS 8 pts
- ENDEARS 8 pts
- ENDURES 8 pts
- ENISLED 8 pts
- ENSILED 8 pts
- ENSURED 8 pts
- INSURED 8 pts
- LANDERS 8 pts
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- LAUDERS 8 pts
- LAUNDER 8 pts
- LEADENS 8 pts
- LEADERS 8 pts
- LEADIER 8 pts
- LEARNED 8 pts
- LENDERS 8 pts
- LINSEED 8 pts
- LURDANE 8 pts
- LURDANS 8 pts
- NEREIDS 8 pts
- ALIENER 7 pts
- ALINERS 7 pts
- INSULAE 7 pts
- INSULAR 7 pts
- INULASE 7 pts
- LEANERS 7 pts
- LEISURE 7 pts
- LIERNES 7 pts
- NAILERS 7 pts
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