What is another word for undesirable?
Synonyms for undesirable
ˌʌn dɪˈzaɪər ə bəlun·de·sir·able
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Princeton's WordNet
undesirableadjective
one whose presence is undesirable
"rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables"
Antonyms:
preferred, in demand(p), desired, desirable, enviable, sought after, eligible, preferable, plummy, sexually attractive, coveted, delectableundesirable, unwantedadjective
not wanted
"undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens";"removed the unwanted vegetation"
Synonyms:
unwanted, unsuitableAntonyms:
sought after, eligible, delectable, preferred, enviable, desired, sexually attractive, preferable, in demand(p), desirable, plummy, covetedundesirable, unsuitableadjective
not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
Synonyms:
unwanted, inapplicable, unsuitableAntonyms:
preferable, coveted, enviable, desirable, eligible, in demand(p), sought after, desired, plummy, sexually attractive, delectable, preferred
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
undesirableadjective
Synonyms:
inexpedient, objectionable, unacceptable, ineligible
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "undesirable":
unwanted, adverse, undesired, unwelcome, unintended, unsolicited, desirable, non-performing, inadvisable, unsavory, inappropriate, unsatisfactory, negative, nonperforming, unpopular
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2605 | negative | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#7392 | inappropriate | |
#9037 | desirable | |
#10563 | unwanted | |
#16612 | unsolicited | |
#20528 | unsatisfactory | |
#21797 | undesirable | |
#24702 | unsuitable | |
#25944 | unintended | |
#29519 | unpopular | |
#37232 | unwelcome | |
#44145 | inapplicable | |
#58330 | undesired | |
#75889 | unsavory | |
#116424 | nonperforming | |
#123240 | inadvisable |
How to use undesirable in a sentence?
The focus inevitably shifts to what sort of monetary policy reaction to anticipate, with the central bank governor previously stating that a headline inflation rate in excess of the MPR (benchmark interest rate) is undesirable, expectations of tightening are likely to build.
With the central bank governor previously stating that a headline inflation rate in excess of the MPR (benchmark interest rate) is undesirable, expectations of tightening are likely to build.
Things like talking when you weren't supposed to be talking, fidgeting with some kind of object on your desk, standing around the room and moving at not great times, all of those undesirable behaviors decreased by incredible amounts, it was pretty amazing. Kids that you might have to talk to sometimes on more than an hourly basis to refocus them or redirect them, you no longer had to do that.
A leaky gut is bad because all these undesirable things go from the gut into the bloodstream, and they screw up the immune system.
A large number of young people having such undesirable attitudes toward violence against women - including girls themselves - is alarming, these are school-going and college-going students – they’re not uneducated or non-literate people. These are people from cities, not even rural areas... These attitudes that students are displaying are potentially what they are absorbing from society at large, from their families.
Translations for undesirable
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- غير مرغوب فيهArabic
- indesitjableCatalan, Valencian
- nežádoucíCzech
- unerwünschtGerman
- ανεπιθύμητοςGreek
- indeseableSpanish
- epämieluisa, epämieluinenFinnish
- indésirableFrench
- nem kívánatosHungarian
- indesiderabileItalian
- 望ましい, 望むJapanese
- malumLatin
- ongewenstDutch
- indesejávelPortuguese
- nedoritRomanian
- нежелательныйRussian
- ไม่พึงประสงค์Thai
- 不良Chinese
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