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Meanings of unenviable position in English

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Usage of unenviable position in English
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Mr Thomson said import-export firms were being put in an unenviable position.
Radio NZ
2
This is the unenviable position in which the party currently finds itself.
The Guardian
3
The domestic chaplain, of all men living, held the most unenviable position.
Historical Papers / Part 3 from Volume VI of The Works of John G...
4
They were put in the unenviable position of reconstructing their very lives.
Feminist dot com
5
The kind old Colonel was placed in the most difficult and unenviable position.
Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman / Embracing ...
6
This placed NASA in the unenviable position of inventing tasks for the Shuttle.
Wired
7
Not for this, however, would I let him remain in his unenviable position.
Adventures in Many Lands
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Did he gloat over the unenviable position of his recent tormentor?
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
9
In summing up Judge Jonathan Down said the court was in an unenviable position.
Radio NZ
10
I had no wish to share General Cronje's unenviable position.
Three Years' War
11
The Queen expressed her sympathy for Lord Aberdeen, who was in a most unenviable position.
The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
12
Sam Winslow was on guard outside, it being his turn to fill that unenviable position.
Frank Merriwell's Chums
13
Now the Swiss are in the unenviable position of providing a test case for Brexit negotiations.
The Irish Times
14
But their unenviable position is now all the more perilous following Waterford's surprise win over Bohemians.
The Irish Times
15
If Westinghouse is unable to complete the reactors, it puts the states in an unenviable position.
Reuters
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Tasmania has the highest smoking rate in Australia, so your quitting will help reduce that unenviable position.
News.com.au
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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