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Meanings of unenviable in English

Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.

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Examples for "awkward"
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This takes us back to the awkward problem of money and priorities.
The Guardian
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Which is a relatively friendly and diplomatic solution to an awkward situation.
Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the peop...
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Today was the first time he'd seen her since that awkward introduction.
Agent 6
4
The Director said to smooth awkward situation he would just stand around.
The new yorker
5
The routes are awkward; the companies involved do not coordinate their efforts.
The Guardian
1
I can't seem to stop myself answering everything they ask, however embarrassing.
The Atrocity Archives
2
The military has taken deep and embarrassing cuts: aircraft carriers without aircraft.
The Guardian
3
Five years ago there were several embarrassing auto burglaries from the lot.
The incumbent
4
Splashing out all over the place in the most embarrassing way possible.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
5
I'd say that's a very serious and embarrassing error for everybody responsible.
News.com.au
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The wagon-covers became sticky in the sun, and rigid in the cold.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
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Likewise, consider a short rappel or tension traverse to circumnavigate sticky problems.
Climbing Magazine
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That includes the sticky topic of mutual assessments of national financial systems.
Reuters
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They asked some really sticky questions about computers and discipline for learning.
The Irish Times
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And you know how to get out of a sticky situation too.
The last 10 seconds
Usage of unenviable in English
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For his opposite number Brian Ashton the result produced an unenviable double.
The Irish Times
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Mr Thomson said import-export firms were being put in an unenviable position.
Radio NZ
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This is the unenviable position in which the party currently finds itself.
The Guardian
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Executions in the Market Place seem to have had an unenviable notoriety.
Wanderings in Wessex / An Exploration of the Southern Realm from...
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Twenty years later the vicinity of the Rose gained an unenviable reputation.
Inns and Taverns of Old London
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After a dismal election campaign, British voters today face an unenviable choice.
The Irish Times
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In fairness, their reaction is as understandable as their position is unenviable.
The Irish Times
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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...
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The 20-year-old Brazilian has the unenviable task of stepping into Ziyech's boots.
The Guardian
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Steve now had the unenviable record of nine strap-ins for two flights.
Riding rockets
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He acquired by excesses of all kinds a wide and unenviable celebrity.
The Mystery of Orcival
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Its marketing department gave it an unenviable reputation, but achieved amazing success.
The United States Since the Civil War
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A most unenviable condition, where no sort of comforts can be got.
Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Ex...
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They were put in the unenviable position of reconstructing their very lives.
Feminist dot com
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Such incidents as these gave John Anderson an unenviable reputation among sailors.
Stories by English Authors: The Sea
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Everyone seemed loath to add further criticism to Shirley's rather unenviable reputation.
Jane Allen, Junior
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Rare