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undesirable
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As an adjective, undesirable means objectionable or not likely to please. As a noun, it means an undesirable person.
Meanings of undesirable
5 meaningsadjective
Objectionable or not likely to please
Not wanted
“undesirable impurities in steel”
“legislation excluding undesirable aliens”
“removed the unwanted vegetation”
Similar: unwantedNot worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
Similar: unsuitable
noun
An undesirable person.
One whose presence is undesirableperson
“rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: not wanted
adjective: not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
Oppositesdesirable
Words that rhyme with undesirable
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