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 John Morley
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 Marguerite Bryant
That week, as they inspected an indefinite number of apartments of as many degrees of shabbiness and general undesirableness, Shirley's spirits and chin fell steadily.
From The House of Toys by Henry Russell Miller
Now we meet all objections to the doctrine of entire sanctification— whether in the form of indifference, or dislike, or undesirableness, or impossibility—with the simple proposition, It is necessary.
From The Theology of Holiness by Dougan Clark
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 Anthony Trollope
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