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Recent Examples of unenviable
More minutes should follow in the States, even if Mbaye has the unenviable task of trying to break into one of Europe’s most devastating attacking tridents.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Maron plays Chuck Plotkin, the producer with the unenviable task of mastering the rocker's lo-fi approach to Nebraska.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Colliton has enjoyed significant AHL success across stints in Rockford and Abbotsford, and served as the Blackhawks’ head coach for nearly three seasons from 2018-2021, while being put in the unenviable position of replacing Joel Quenneville following his dismissal in November 2018.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Governments remain in an unenviable position regarding strong encryption.
—Richard Forno, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Maron plays Chuck Plotkin, the producer with the unenviable task of mastering the rocker's lo-fi approach to Nebraska.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Colliton has enjoyed significant AHL success across stints in Rockford and Abbotsford, and served as the Blackhawks’ head coach for nearly three seasons from 2018-2021, while being put in the unenviable position of replacing Joel Quenneville following his dismissal in November 2018.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Governments remain in an unenviable position regarding strong encryption.
—Richard Forno, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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Given the uncertainty and potential for family conflict, litigation, and undesirable outcomes, perhaps a more robust technique can be integrated into your documents.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Music can also lead to some undesirable outcomes, particularly when combined with alcohol.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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The victory snapped a five-game skid but more importantly put an end to an abominable 11-game Royals home losing streak all in the month of June.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Mets showed that their horrid stretch lasting nearly three weeks may indeed be behind them by battering the wobbly Yankees, 12-6.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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The Players believe that the reward—life-changing money—is worth the impossible odds and horrid violence, and many express a desire to remain in a contest that dangles hope in front of them.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Against the song’s bombastic production, Lorde details the ghastly side of starvation, including rotten teeth and shattered mirrors.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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Javonte Green, Cavaliers Green turns 32 in June and shot a career-worst 42.9 percent from the floor in 2024-25, but those numbers were skewed by playing in some ghastly Pelicans lineups before his buyout.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Picture those Void rooms: this very kind of hellish place where all angles are skewed and the different gravity rooms are glued to each other in the middle of black nothingness.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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This theory dovetails neatly with several observations, including ones showing a roughly uniform distribution of Io’s volcanoes, which seem to be tapping the same omnipresent, hellish source of melt.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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