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单词 unenviable
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Definition of unenviable in English:

unenviable

adjectiveʌnˈɛnvɪəb(ə)lˌənˈɛnviəb(ə)l
  • Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.

    an unenviable reputation for drunkenness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To him fell the unenviable task of keeping the four independents happy.
    • Starting a film festival from scratch is an exciting but unenviable task.
    • Environmental enforcement officers had the unenviable task of clearing the tree of the waste.
    • It is an unenviable task, yet it is a vital one if a modern healthcare system is to be delivered and patient expectations are to be met.
    • Such expectation can create the unenviable task for the band to live up to positive critical reviews.
    • He has an unenviable task of improving national and international competitiveness for Scottish food products.
    • The government faces an unenviable task in putting the pieces together again.
    • The school secretary Mary Yates had the unenviable task of counting all the coins.
    • Over the years the Humber Bridge has built up an unenviable reputation for attracting would-be suicides.
    • There was no counselling in his day and he had the unenviable task of driving the first train back to Dublin after the scene had been cleared.
    • Competing with memories of landmark movies is an unenviable task.
    • As the soldier's father, he had the unenviable task of identifying the body.
    • Remarkably, Freddie came through a second time and left hospital with the unenviable task of learning to walk again.
    • Treasurer Ella Flynn has the unenviable task of ensuring that the little funding the centre gets is put to the best possible use.
    • For a number of years the pub, formerly called Munnelly's, has had an unenviable reputation for attracting trouble.
    • The judges' unenviable task in both cases was to choose between the judgement of the doctors and the wishes of the parents.
    • Mandy has the unenviable task of making sure that everyone gets a fair share of the donations and no-one gets too much.
    • Against that background, it has been suggested to us that our task is an unenviable one; that may be right, it may be wrong.
    • I had the unenviable task of being escorted by gardaí to cut off the water.
    • She added her thanks to the judging panel who had the unenviable task of selecting the winning companies.
    Synonyms
    disagreeable, unpleasant, undesirable, difficult, nasty, horrible, painful, thankless
    unwanted, uncoveted, unwished-for

Derivatives

  • unenviably

  • adverb
    • Inevitably and unenviably caught in the power tussles are the students.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is now unenviably faced with the possibility of being Paul's boss.
      • But, unenviably, they had also become the first Greek church to fizzle out and stop giving.
      • I've scanned the document and it's choking with phrases like this, which presumably make sense in the heads of officials grappling unenviably with the programmes.
      • But the companies stand out unenviably as the industry's largest user of petroleum for power.
 
 

Definition of unenviable in US English:

unenviable

adjectiveˌənˈɛnviəb(ə)lˌənˈenvēəb(ə)l
  • Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.

    an unenviable reputation for drunkenness
    he had the unenviable task of trying to reconcile their disparate interests
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She added her thanks to the judging panel who had the unenviable task of selecting the winning companies.
    • There was no counselling in his day and he had the unenviable task of driving the first train back to Dublin after the scene had been cleared.
    • It is an unenviable task, yet it is a vital one if a modern healthcare system is to be delivered and patient expectations are to be met.
    • He has an unenviable task of improving national and international competitiveness for Scottish food products.
    • As the soldier's father, he had the unenviable task of identifying the body.
    • Over the years the Humber Bridge has built up an unenviable reputation for attracting would-be suicides.
    • The school secretary Mary Yates had the unenviable task of counting all the coins.
    • Mandy has the unenviable task of making sure that everyone gets a fair share of the donations and no-one gets too much.
    • Such expectation can create the unenviable task for the band to live up to positive critical reviews.
    • Environmental enforcement officers had the unenviable task of clearing the tree of the waste.
    • I had the unenviable task of being escorted by gardaí to cut off the water.
    • Against that background, it has been suggested to us that our task is an unenviable one; that may be right, it may be wrong.
    • The judges' unenviable task in both cases was to choose between the judgement of the doctors and the wishes of the parents.
    • Competing with memories of landmark movies is an unenviable task.
    • For a number of years the pub, formerly called Munnelly's, has had an unenviable reputation for attracting trouble.
    • Treasurer Ella Flynn has the unenviable task of ensuring that the little funding the centre gets is put to the best possible use.
    • Starting a film festival from scratch is an exciting but unenviable task.
    • To him fell the unenviable task of keeping the four independents happy.
    • The government faces an unenviable task in putting the pieces together again.
    • Remarkably, Freddie came through a second time and left hospital with the unenviable task of learning to walk again.
    Synonyms
    disagreeable, unpleasant, undesirable, difficult, nasty, horrible, painful, thankless
 
 
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