enviable
adjective
worthy of envy; very desirable.
unenviably
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a word derived from
enviable.
Example Sentences
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Alison Hamond finds herself in the unenviably position of being up against 20-time winners Ant and Dec for best presenter.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022
As an émigré, he finally found both the travel and the adventure he once dreamed of, although of an unenviably grim variety; Summerscale follows him, during World War I, from Gallipoli to the Somme.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2016
His first experience was bitter; his ship, the “Mars,” was unenviably prominent in the mutiny at Spithead.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
The bully is instantly cowed; and by a few words to any of his school-associates who may be near, you can render him unenviably conspicuous among them for a week or two.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various
However, alive he was; and most unenviably so!
From The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst
