undesirableness
Americannoun
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To increase their undesirableness as abodes for men, most of them were already occupied by mules or horses or cows or donkeys.
From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles
All your goodness and kind teaching cannot prevent the undesirableness of letting my child grow up here, in a half-and-half position, engendering domineering airs and unreasonable expectations.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
The desirableness of Tom as a husband first forced itself upon her attention, and the undesirableness of Ayala as a wife for Tom.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
Our conclusion on this point is that they tend to overestimate or to underestimate themselves, according to the "desirableness" or "undesirableness" of the trait in question.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.
It was all just as sordid and dirty and unlovely as ever, though he had not known before the measure of its undesirableness.
From Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker by Bryant, Marguerite
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