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Definition of unenviable in English: unenviableadjectiveʌnˈɛnvɪəb(ə)lˌənˈɛnviəb(ə)l Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant. 尴尬的；令人不快的 an unenviable reputation for drunkenness 臭名远扬的酗酒。 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
Derivativesadverb 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: unenviableadjectiveˌənˈɛnviəb(ə)lˌənˈenvēəb(ə)l Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant. 尴尬的；令人不快的 an unenviable reputation for drunkenness 臭名远扬的酗酒。 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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