Example Sentences

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It’s possible that inflation could stay undesirably high, especially if the economy remains strong, which could cause the Fed to leave rates unchanged.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Those forces could keep inflation undesirably rapid even if supply chains unsnarl and fuel prices continue to fall.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

“We expect inflation to remain undesirably high for some time.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022

Nor does the measure address the credit-card companies, student lenders and other legitimate businesses that also ring consumers’ smartphones and landline numbers — legally, if undesirably — throughout the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019

If the town street gets undesirably long, a second street or a third will be made, on one or both sides of the main street, and thus the town acquires breadth as well as length.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)