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undesirable

[uhn-di-zahyuhr-uh-buhl] / ˌʌn dɪˈzaɪər ə bəl /


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“My Undesirable Friends” is scary but somehow not cynical.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Du’s ruling in August 2021 was the first of its kind since Congress made it a crime almost a century ago to return to the U.S. after deportation under the Undesirable Aliens Act of 1929.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

Undesirable products like metabolic wastes, urea, uric acid, and certain drugs, are excreted by tubular secretion.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

It was enacted in 1952 using language from the Undesirable Aliens Act passed by Congress in 1929.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Newborn, preschool children, and music: Undesirable consequences of thoughtless neglect.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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