Unenviable

[ʌn'envɪəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'ɛnvɪəbl]

Definition

(adj.) so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; 'unenviable notoriety' .

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Definition

adj. not to be envied.—adv. Unen′viably.—adjs. Unen′vied not envied; Unen′vious not envious.

Checker: Lorrie

Examples

The orthodox economists are in the unenviable position of having taken their morals from the exploiter and of having translated them into the grandiloquent language of high public policy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Checker: Lorrie

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