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| worthy of envy; very desirable: an enviable position. |
| unenviable | |
adjective | |
| 1. | hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" [syn: awkward] |
| 2. | so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; "unenviable notoriety" |