Unenviable
adjective
Not desirable or pleasant; difficult or hard to deal with.
She was given the unenviable task of telling the employees about the layoffs.
Often appears as...
- unenviable task
- unenviable position
adjective
Not desirable or pleasant; difficult or hard to deal with.
She was given the unenviable task of telling the employees about the layoffs.
Often appears as...
- unenviable task
- unenviable position
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Context
Often used when a situation is tough or thankless, suggesting no one would want it.
He faced the unenviable challenge of climbing the mountain in bad weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Sympathy or Pity
Can show sympathy towards someone who has to deal with a bad situation.
With an unenviable amount of work ahead, she truly deserves our sympathy.
Pro Tip 3/3Signaling Respect
May express respect for someone taking on a hard role despite its disadvantages.
He has the unenviable job of negotiating with the protesters.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Context
Often used when a situation is tough or thankless, suggesting no one would want it.
He faced the unenviable challenge of climbing the mountain in bad weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Sympathy or Pity
Can show sympathy towards someone who has to deal with a bad situation.
With an unenviable amount of work ahead, she truly deserves our sympathy.
Pro Tip 3/3Signaling Respect
May express respect for someone taking on a hard role despite its disadvantages.
He has the unenviable job of negotiating with the protesters.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Context
Often used when a situation is tough or thankless, suggesting no one would want it.
He faced the unenviable challenge of climbing the mountain in bad weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Sympathy or Pity
Can show sympathy towards someone who has to deal with a bad situation.
With an unenviable amount of work ahead, she truly deserves our sympathy.
Pro Tip 3/3Signaling Respect
May express respect for someone taking on a hard role despite its disadvantages.
He has the unenviable job of negotiating with the protesters.
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Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
And apparently it's a very picky eater and it, you know, hones in on only the ripest coffee cherries. And then an enzyme in its digestive tract leeches into the beans, and people with the unenviable job of collecting these cats' leavings
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
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Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
And apparently it's a very picky eater and it, you know, hones in on only the ripest coffee cherries. And then an enzyme in its digestive tract leeches into the beans, and people with the unenviable job of collecting these cats' leavings
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
work with remember those national the the parks anti poaching teams they've got massive massive tracts of land to deal with and so it's it's it's it's an unenviable task for those guys having to protect
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Quote examples
Penny Junor
English Journalist
I have huge sympathy for Prince William. He was born into a deeply unenviable life that most of us would abhor, and what's more, he lost his mother at an early age.
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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
India unfortunately has the unenviable reputation of being the home to the largest number of undernourished children, women and men in the world.
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Felix Adler
German Educator
The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
Quote examples
Penny Junor
English Journalist
I have huge sympathy for Prince William. He was born into a deeply unenviable life that most of us would abhor, and what's more, he lost his mother at an early age.
Quote examples
M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
India unfortunately has the unenviable reputation of being the home to the largest number of undernourished children, women and men in the world.
Quote examples
Felix Adler
German Educator
The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
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