admirable
adjective
worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
unadmirable
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a word derived from
admirable.
Example Sentences
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Though broken and flawed in uniquely unadmirable ways, we’re as stingy with forbearance as we’re in desperate need of it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2022
For a writer of Mr. McDonagh’s scalpel-edged gifts, these unadmirable qualities are joyous opportunities, allowing for the sort of conversation in which stupidity and pettiness achieve the sparkle of wit.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
"He has an awful sweet disposition," says Stephens, who admittedly is hard-pressed to find anything unadmirable about a horse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The logical extreme of this opinion would be the conviction that any deviation in either direction from the statistical average is unadmirable .
From Time Magazine Archive
The career of Farbish had been an interesting one in its own peculiar and unadmirable fashion.
From The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck
