undesirableness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is true that in every stable society a general conviction prevails of the extreme undesirableness of constantly laying bare the foundations of government.
From On Compromise by Morley, John
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
The objection to regulating them by law and thus avoiding the conflicts which continually arise between the buyers and sellers of labour, is not so much the undesirableness as the impossibility of doing so.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
And that any man should disagree to the extent Darling did in his philosophy of the simple life is ample vindication of the Hawaiian authorities verdict of his undesirableness.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
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
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