undesirability
Americannoun
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Others say the role’s undesirability cuts straight to the very heart of what it means to be a “real engineer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
In an exchange with Meg Ryan, David Hyde Pierce, who plays her brother, famously said that line when talking about the undesirability of Seattle as a place to move to.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
The index, a numerical measure of discomfort, blends thermometer readings with the humidity to describe the true undesirability of our circumstances.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
Browner, Chancellor, and Sherman share two characteristics in addition to their onetime undesirability as prospects: They're all tall—Browner is six-foot-four, Chancellor and Sherman are both six-foot-three—and physical.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2012
One of them, indeed, had already learned a lesson that would last him for the rest of his life, regarding the habits, customs, and general undesirability of the bull-dog ant as play-mate or prey.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
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