undesirable

/'ʌndi'zaiərəbl/

Thân thiện

A stray dog is an undesirable presence in the restaurant.

Definition

1. 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.

2. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
2. not wanted
   • undesirable impurities in steel
   • legislation excluding undesirable aliens
   • removed the unwanted vegetation

Noun

1. one whose presence is undesirable
   • rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unsuitable
• unwanted