undesirable
/'ʌndi'zaiərəbl/
Definition
Adjective:
- Not wanted or welcome; likely to cause problems or inconvenience: Describes something or someone considered unpleasant, harmful, or not suitable for a particular situation.
- Not attractive or desirable: Can describe something that lacks appealing qualities.
Noun:
- An undesirable person: Refers to a person considered socially unacceptable, troublesome, or unwelcome in a particular place or group.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The factory's emissions had several undesirable effects on the local environment.
- The candidate's lack of experience was seen as an undesirable trait for the job.
- We must avoid any undesirable outcomes from this negotiation.
Noun:
- The new policy aimed to keep undesirables out of the private club.
- The mayor promised to clean up the park and remove the undesirables.
Advanced Usage
Social/Policy Context: Often used in formal contexts like law, policy, or sociology to label people or elements deemed harmful to social order.
- The immigration law was criticized for broadly classifying certain groups as undesirables.
Technical/Scientific Context: Used to describe unwanted elements in a process or system.
- The chemical reaction produced an undesirable byproduct that was difficult to remove.
Variants and Related Words
Undesirability (noun): The state or quality of being undesirable.
- The undesirability of the location made the property hard to sell.
Undesirably (adverb): In an undesirable manner.
- The room was undesirably cold.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Unwanted, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, objectionable, unsuitable.
- Noun: Outcast, misfit, pariah.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Desirable, welcome, wanted, pleasant, suitable.
- Noun: Asset, boon, desirable.
Related Phrases
"deemed undesirable": Formally judged or considered to be undesirable.
- The behavior was deemed undesirable and led to his expulsion.
"undesirable element": An unwanted component or person within a system or group.
- The security team was tasked with identifying any undesirable elements within the organization.
Adjective
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not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
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not wanted
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undesirable impurities in steel
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legislation excluding undesirable aliens
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removed the unwanted vegetation
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Noun
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one whose presence is undesirable
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rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables
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