English

Adjective

undesirable ‎(comparative more undesirable, superlative most undesirable)

1. objectionable or not likely to please
   • 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.

   • 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery (page 327)

     Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "undesirable" is often applied: effect, consequence, result, element, change, person, substance, characteristic, quality, feature, behavior, activity, thing, event, reaction, state.

Antonyms

• desirable

Translations

Noun

undesirable ‎(plural undesirables)

1. an undesirable person

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