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Unenviable Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Unenviable has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"

"an awkward pause followed his remark"

"a sticky question"

"in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

2

so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy

"unenviable notoriety"

3

Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.

Example Sentences
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion" adjective
"an awkward pause followed his remark" adjective
"a sticky question" adjective
"in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" adjective
"unenviable notoriety" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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