undesirable

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They can align government, industry and society toward a single technological objective through instruments that are unavailable and undesirable in a democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

The Lancaster University academic has long believed that babies, who were "undesirable" in the mass drive for adoption in the post-war era, were in line for even worse treatment.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

"All affected individuals have been declared undesirable persons and are consequently prohibited from re-entering South Africa for a period of five years," the South African government said in a statement Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

If those numbers are borne out in the real world, most people on GLP-1s may have some kind of undesirable GI effect from them.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

But Buck did not read the newspapers, and he did not know that Manuel, one of the gardener’s helpers, was an undesirable acquaintance.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London