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Here is a second generation of new characters, including Scorpius, the unexpectedly delightful son of the decidedly undelightful Draco Malfoy, and of course the troubled Albus, the focus of the plot.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2016

And yet it is not undelightful to contemplate the education of good from evil.

From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Let us, before discussing this or saying anything more about the principles, say something about the history of this, at best so delightful, at worst so undelightful art.

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George

It was not so undelightful to be taken into the companionship of a graceful girl.

From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)

He is a dispeopler of his kingdom and a prey to his enemies, an undelightful friend and a tormentor of himself.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various