undesirables

Example Sentences

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The skin barrier does more than just keeping undesirables out––it also is crucial for keeping certain essentials, like water, in.

From National Geographic • Nov. 28, 2023

Mints are frequent offenders, and they top many gardeners’ lists of undesirables.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

Harboring and defending the undesirables and castoffs of the community irked her more “respectable” fellow parishioners.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2021

This was contaminated with all sorts of undesirables: non-recyclable materials, food waste, oils and liquids that rot and spoil the bales.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019

My mother is currently associating with some undesirables who are attempting to transform her into an athlete of sorts, depraved specimens of mankind who regularly bowl their way to oblivion.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole