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Meanings of unenviable in English
Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.
Usage of unenviable in English
1
For his opposite number Brian Ashton the result produced an unenviable double.
2
Mr Thomson said import-export firms were being put in an unenviable position.
3
This is the unenviable position in which the party currently finds itself.
4
Executions in the Market Place seem to have had an unenviable notoriety.
5
Twenty years later the vicinity of the Rose gained an unenviable reputation.
6
After a dismal election campaign, British voters today face an unenviable choice.
7
In fairness, their reaction is as understandable as their position is unenviable.
8
The domestic chaplain, of all men living, held the most unenviable position.
9
The 20-year-old Brazilian has the unenviable task of stepping into Ziyech's boots.
10
Steve now had the unenviable record of nine strap-ins for two flights.
11
He acquired by excesses of all kinds a wide and unenviable celebrity.
12
Its marketing department gave it an unenviable reputation, but achieved amazing success.
13
A most unenviable condition, where no sort of comforts can be got.
14
They were put in the unenviable position of reconstructing their very lives.
15
Such incidents as these gave John Anderson an unenviable reputation among sailors.
16
Everyone seemed loath to add further criticism to Shirley's rather unenviable reputation.
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Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare