undesirableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌʌndᵻˈzʌɪərəbl/, U.S.

/ˌəndəˈzaɪ(ə)rəb(ə)l/,

/ˌəndiˈzaɪ(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.

A. adj.

Not to be desired; objectionable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

evila1131

sourc1175

illc1220

unhightlyc1275

unwelcomec1325

unblithec1330

unnetc1330

unrekena1350

unagreeablec1374

uncouthc1380

unsavouryc1380

displeasantc1386

unlikinga1398

ungaina1400

crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

displeasing1401

eschewc1420

unsoot1420

mislikinga1425

unlikelya1425

unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

displeasant1481

uneasy1483

unpleasinga1500

unfaring1513

badc1530

malpleasant?1533

noisome1542

thanklessa1547

ungrate1548

untoothsome1548

ungreeable1550

contrary1561

disagreeable1570

offensible1575

offensive1576

naughty1578

delightlessa1586

undelightful1585

unwisheda1586

unpleasurable1587

undelightsomec1595

dislikeful1596

disliking1596

ungrateful1596

unsweet?a1600

distastive1600

impleasing1602

distasting1603

distasteful1607

unsightly1608

undelectable1610

disgustful1611

unrelishing1611

waspisha1616

undeliciousa1618

unwished-for1617

disrelishing1631

unenjoyed1643

unjoyous1645

mirya1652

unwelcomed1651

unpleasivea1656

sweet1656

injucund1657

insuave1657

unpalatable1658

unhandsome1660

undesirable1667

disrelishablea1670

uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

embittering1746

indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

unenjoyablea1797

ungenial1796

uncomplacent1805

ungracious1807

bitter1810

rotten1813

uncongenial1813

quarrelsome1825

grimy1833

nice1836

unrelished1863

bloody1867

unbewitching1876

ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 824 So to..render me more equal, and perhaps, A thing not undesireable, somtime Superior.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. v. 113 It will provoke the better Part of their Inferiors to think ill of them, which is a very undesirable Thing.

1813 Lamb in Gentleman's Mag. June 618/1 A little excess in that article is not undesirable in youth.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. iv. 142 A porter's lodge, where undesirable visitors could be stopped.

B. n.

An undesirable thing or person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive thing, person, or place > [noun]

bysena1525

bysym1568

bastard1675

nasty1825

objectionable1836

man-killer1876

undesirable1883

swine1892

stinker1917

bugger1922

pig1923

snake-pit1941

pisser1957

dickhead1960

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive person > [noun]

vermin1581

crab-staffa1603

crab1825

crab-stick1840

rotter1879

undesirable1883

greaser1900

foul ball1918

jabroni1919

cockhead1972

nutsack1984

1883 Athenæum 20 Jan. 81/3 Why not, then, connect..‘glanders’ and ‘gluttony’ as undesirables, at once?

1900 Daily News 12 Nov. 7/5 Having among her passengers 42 ‘undesirables’, deported from Capetown.

Derivatives

undeˈsirableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness

loathnessc1175

offencec1425

noisomeness1506

unlusta1529

unpleasantness1546

displeasantness1547

discomfortableness1585

unlovelinessa1586

illnessc1595

unwelcome1603

unpleasingness1611

offensiveness1618

injucundity1623

disagreeableness1648

displeasingnessa1652

undelightfulness1653

distastefulness1654

beeishness1674

undesirableness1675

uncomfortableness1677

ungratefulnessa1680

unwelcomeness1682

nastiness1718

unkedness1727

disagreeability1788

unpleasantry1799

unpleasantry1810

grit1876

1675 J. Owen Nature Indwelling Sin (1732) xi. 137 It casts Death and undesirableness upon them all.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. ii. 31 The undesirableness of any other house..for Sir Walter.

1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 267/2 The doctrine of the utter unreality and undesirableness of all life.

Draft additions April 2004

undesirable discharge U.S. Military, discharge from military service without a court martial, but under conditions that are less than honourable; a certificate attesting to such a discharge.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > with disgrace

dishonourable discharge1865

bobtail discharge1886

undesirable discharge1911

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > certificate of discharge

ticketa1599

undesirable discharge1911

1911 U.S. Navy Court Martial Orders 1 Mar. No. 7. 16 From the evidence in the case it is apparent that the accused assumed a false name and concealed the fact of a prior undesirable discharge from the service.

1946 Sat. Evening Post 12 Jan. 97/1 The Navy has three kinds of ‘yellow discharges’, along with the straight dishonorable ticket, there is also a bad-conduct discharge and an undesirable discharge.

1970 N.Y. Times 14 June 28/1 He was discussing a decision to retain drug addicted soldiers on the post and seek their rehabilitation here rather than have them ousted from the service with an undesirable discharge.

2001 Los Angeles Times 16 Sept. a24 The Army eventually gave him an undesirable discharge for unruly behavior.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undesirable
释义	undesirableadj.n. Brit. /ˌʌndᵻˈzʌɪərəbl/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈzaɪ(ə)rəb(ə)l/, /ˌəndiˈzaɪ(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b. A. adj. Not to be desired; objectionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 824 So to..render me more equal, and perhaps, A thing not undesireable, somtime Superior. View more context for this quotation a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. v. 113 It will provoke the better Part of their Inferiors to think ill of them, which is a very undesirable Thing. 1813 Lamb in Gentleman's Mag. June 618/1 A little excess in that article is not undesirable in youth. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. iv. 142 A porter's lodge, where undesirable visitors could be stopped. B. n. An undesirable thing or person. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive thing, person, or place > [noun] bysena1525 bysym1568 bastard1675 nasty1825 objectionable1836 man-killer1876 undesirable1883 swine1892 stinker1917 bugger1922 pig1923 snake-pit1941 pisser1957 dickhead1960 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive person > [noun] vermin1581 crab-staffa1603 crab1825 crab-stick1840 rotter1879 undesirable1883 greaser1900 foul ball1918 jabroni1919 cockhead1972 nutsack1984 1883 Athenæum 20 Jan. 81/3 Why not, then, connect..‘glanders’ and ‘gluttony’ as undesirables, at once? 1900 Daily News 12 Nov. 7/5 Having among her passengers 42 ‘undesirables’, deported from Capetown. Derivatives undeˈsirableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness loathnessc1175 offencec1425 noisomeness1506 unlusta1529 unpleasantness1546 displeasantness1547 discomfortableness1585 unlovelinessa1586 illnessc1595 unwelcome1603 unpleasingness1611 offensiveness1618 injucundity1623 disagreeableness1648 displeasingnessa1652 undelightfulness1653 distastefulness1654 beeishness1674 undesirableness1675 uncomfortableness1677 ungratefulnessa1680 unwelcomeness1682 nastiness1718 unkedness1727 disagreeability1788 unpleasantry1799 unpleasantry1810 grit1876 1675 J. Owen Nature Indwelling Sin (1732) xi. 137 It casts Death and undesirableness upon them all. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. ii. 31 The undesirableness of any other house..for Sir Walter. View more context for this quotation 1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 267/2 The doctrine of the utter unreality and undesirableness of all life. Draft additions April 2004 undesirable discharge U.S. Military, discharge from military service without a court martial, but under conditions that are less than honourable; a certificate attesting to such a discharge. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > with disgrace dishonourable discharge1865 bobtail discharge1886 undesirable discharge1911 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > certificate of discharge ticketa1599 undesirable discharge1911 1911 U.S. Navy Court Martial Orders 1 Mar. No. 7. 16 From the evidence in the case it is apparent that the accused assumed a false name and concealed the fact of a prior undesirable discharge from the service. 1946 Sat. Evening Post 12 Jan. 97/1 The Navy has three kinds of ‘yellow discharges’, along with the straight dishonorable ticket, there is also a bad-conduct discharge and an undesirable discharge. 1970 N.Y. Times 14 June 28/1 He was discussing a decision to retain drug addicted soldiers on the post and seek their rehabilitation here rather than have them ousted from the service with an undesirable discharge. 2001 Los Angeles Times 16 Sept. a24 The Army eventually gave him an undesirable discharge for unruly behavior. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1667
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