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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

For example, we tend not to rationally compute the probability of a nuclear meltdown occurring by multiplying that probability by some quantified measure of the nuclear meltdown’s undesirability.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2016

This was recognized, and his action drew our attention to the undesirability of allowing him to remain at Daur.

From The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad by Thompson, Edward John