How to Use undesirable in a Sentence

undesirable

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of undesirablenext
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  • The drug has some undesirable side effects.
  • Frankly, it's an undesirable and unpleasant job.
  • This may have undesirable consequences.
  • Of course, some chunk of the Fox audience may just adopt the line, and see life-changing ideas as undesirable.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But, if our élites are undesirable, what would a better élite look like?
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Men have risen the corporate ladder with the help of charm—or smarm—and avoidance of undesirable tasks for decades.
    — Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
  • But the perceptions that the job is undesirable or all bad are just wrong, says Orozco Perez.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Just note: The higher the concentration of zinc, the greater the (often-undesirable) white cast will be.
    — Women's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Brailovsky, held as an undesirable alien, was soon released; the crime was never solved.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Under the plan, the company charged more for mid-aisle seats located in the center of the theater and less for undesirable spots, like in the front row.
    — Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • If the mixture is heated for too long, liquids such as methanol and undesirable oils start to collect.
    — Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Not many teams possess the cap space to add his salary to their books, though, and the Hornets likely wouldn’t want to bring on any undesirable contracts that could choke their books long-term.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But, one heavier diet staple may also be the cause of that undesirable sound and stench— protein.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
  • In the spring of 2023, when X was still called Twitter, the company began planning a new system to keep the most undesirable content off of its platform.
    — Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Nip hair shedding and undesirable flakes in the bud with this anti-dandruff shampoo that Kingsley loves.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 6 June 2022
  • The last thing the city wants is the birds to go from one undesirable location to another one, such as another park or a neighborhood.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • East Side Traffic — Whittier For any runner, the endless loop of a track run can be undesirable compared with an open trail or road.
    — Diosa Femme, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Others might feel joy and support, making the thought of a drink completely undesirable.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Some of them even have pretty undesirable side effects.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022
  • Bringing back greenery and nature to cities means living with the animal world, even in undesirable forms.
    — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 27 July 2023
  • Sugar can mask undesirable flavors and enhance others Sweet is one of the five basic tastes, along with salty, sour, bitter and umami.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • The better the filter, the less sediment, which adds an undesirable, gritty mouthfeel to your coffee.
    — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 30 June 2023
  • On the flip side, gaming can help us get rid of undesirable feelings, namely anxiety.
    — Gina Rich, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
  • So, what are some of these unusual or undesirable talking events?
    — Haley Goldberg, SELF, 29 Dec. 2021
  • However, Nollen notes that the price tag for bundling bigger streaming services may be too high and undesirable for these tech-first companies.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • Or the rules the AI follows may be subverted, with dramatic and undesirable results.
    — Joe Phelan, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But what about the plants that aren’t technically invasive, but are just plain undesirable?
    — Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Pampas grass is an ideal plant to use for a privacy screen or for camouflaging things like HVAC units and undesirable views.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
  • For most anglers, they are considered an undesirable catch.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Rinsing rice could help wash away undesirable materials, Sass said, including any leftover debris that could travel from farm to table, such as dirt or small pebbles.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
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undesirable

2 of 2 noun
  • There were a couple of keys to attracting bites from the lunker trout and not the undesirables that were in the area, Schultz said.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 10 July 2017
  • Those undesirables, with their poor-man gas cars, should be parking in the back anyway.
    — Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, 7 June 2019
  • But barring undesirables was only half the battle; the herd also had to be culled from within.
    — David Oshinsky, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2016
  • Bringing in a great band helps, but too many undesirables started showing up in droves, so police had to be rented.
    — Cincinnati.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Limited national resources are to be reserved for the French and the French only, as a witch-hunt against refugees, Jews, and other undesirables consumes the country.
    — Harrison Stetler, The New York Review of Books, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Moreover, the practice of creating lists of political undesirables could be adopted on both sides of the aisle.
    — Phil Gramm and Michael Solon, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Even a requirement, to be introduced in 2021, for visa-free entrants to the EU to pre-register online (to weed out undesirables) is a deterrent for some would-be purchasers.
    — The Economist, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Leadingham said online daters need to develop the skills necessary not just to woo others but also to keep undesirables at bay.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The undesirables are migrants or refugees, the desirables are expats or cosmopolitans.
    — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 21 July 2017
  • The diversity lottery is full of immigrants picked by their governments, in order to get rid of undesirables. Bonkers.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 1 June 2018
  • But when applied to the mentally ill and other undesirables, the euthanasia movement became tied to the eugenics movement.
    — Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Commercially baked items are discouraged due to the high content of undesirables like sugar.
    — Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year.
    — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Its effect, however, will give the army complete and absolute jurisdiction over any undesirables in any section of the country.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Soon enough Como added bicycles and motorcycles and even random pedestrians to his list of undesirables.
    — Steven Winn, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2018
  • There, infertile women, resisters, and other undesirables (including a character played by Marisa Tomei) are enslaved and forced to clean up radioactive and toxic waste.
    — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • A. Not among Mexicans, who say his comments have unfairly portrayed them as criminals and undesirables.
    — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 June 2017
  • Gaiters have been around for centuries, helping people from Anglican deacons to range-riding cowboys prevent dirt, dust, pebbles, twigs bugs, snow, and other undesirables from entering shoes and boots or traveling up pants legs.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Jan. 2020
  • V (Hugo Weaving) fights against the fascist regime that now controls the UK and imprisons homosexuals, political prisoners and other undesirables.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2017
  • Dumanis and her chief opponent, former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, are certain to be paired up with undesirables by the opposition.
    — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • For Lodge and others anxious to restrict immigration, Eastern European Jews were definitely among the undesirables.
    — Adam Hochschild, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after an upsurge of refugees in 2015 caused regional concern.
    — Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar and denied citizenship, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after a surge of refugees in 2015 caused regional alarm.
    — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Rohingya, treated as undesirables and denied citizenship in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after a surge of refugees in 2015 caused regional alarm.
    — Zik Maulana, The Seattle Times, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The Trump administration sees them as undesirables, an appalling position in direct opposition to long-standing American core values.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2019
  • A few horror stories about contamination (or other undesirables) can’t beat convenience.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit, 3 May 2017
  • The Constitution protects desirables and undesirables alike.
    — Phil Gramm and Michael Solon, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2020
  • There were a couple of keys to attracting bites from the lunker trout and not the undesirables that were in the area, Schultz said.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 10 July 2017
  • Those undesirables, with their poor-man gas cars, should be parking in the back anyway.
    — Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, 7 June 2019
  • But barring undesirables was only half the battle; the herd also had to be culled from within.
    — David Oshinsky, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2016

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