undesirable

Example Sentences

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"This is a new way to make a fundamental carbon-carbon bond and that's why the potential impact is so great. It also means chemists can avoid an undesirable and inefficient drug modification process."

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Leicester City are the only other members of the undesirable 'Premier League champions to be relegated' club.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

"Speculative reports on militarily sensitive matters are undesirable in light of our security interests... and our relations with key Middle Eastern countries," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance said Wednesday that an excessively weak Korean won is undesirable, according to the Yonhap News Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

But he was formally advised that he would not be permitted to speak and, moreover, that he could consider himself officially barred forever from France as “an undesirable person.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey