It was unenviable.
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Unenviable
Synonyms for "unenviable" (5 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (2)
Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesderived from
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5 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄζηλος adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- незавиден adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Czech
1 entries- nezáviděníhodný adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Finnish
1 entries- ei kadehdittava adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
French
1 entries- peu enviable adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
German
2 entries- kaum zu beneidend adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
- wenig beneidenswert adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Greek
1 entries- αζήλευτος adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onjenstich adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Polish
1 entries- nie do pozazdroszczenia adj (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Valjean was in the unenviable position of either living with the knowledge an innocent would suffer for his crime or revealing his true identity and going back to prison.
Source: wiktionary
There might be a 'train captain' on board, as on the Docklands Light Railway, but this would be an unenviable role on our packed Tube: the train captain would be condemned to live in a permanent rush hour.
Source: wiktionary
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