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unenviable

/ ʌnˈɛnvɪəbəl /

adjective

  1. not to be envied

    the unenviable task



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Example Sentences

Her position is unenviable: she is saddled with a memorable debut TV role and then a memorable, failed marriage.

For the last several years, Geithner has occupied perhaps the most unenviable position in Washington.

In the weeks that followed, Semenya made headlines around the world—under some of the most unenviable circumstances imaginable.

As authorities sort out the investigation, SuperJet faces the unenviable task of pulling a successful program from the wreckage.

Bernanke is in the unenviable position of trying to run an organization where ideally, he wants consensus.

Meanwhile Billy Towler, left in sole possession of the sloop, felt himself in a most unenviable state of mind.

Yet a month later that district had achieved an unenviable, and even unfair, reputation in this respect.

I could foresee a catastrophe which would for ever unsettle the two towns, and give the valley an unenviable reputation.

The Americans were impatient of control and apt to quarrel with their governors, who often found their office an unenviable one.

Prince William, the future German Emperor, gained unenviable notoriety by his zeal.

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