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
Over considerable periods of time, Georgia comes unenviably first, followed by Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana.
From The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution by Thompson, Holland
However, alive he was; and most unenviably so!
From The Red Hell of Jupiter by Ernst, Paul
About this time certain gentlemen in Canada began to be unenviably known.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred
