Usually means: Difficult and undesirable to have.
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  1. unenviable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unenviable: Merriam-Webster
  3. unenviable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unenviable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. unenviable: Vocabulary.com
  6. unenviable: Wordnik
  7. unenviable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. unenviable: Wiktionary
  9. unenviable: Dictionary.com
  10. unenviable: Rhymezone
  11. unenviable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. unenviable: FreeDictionary.org
  13. unenviable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. unenviable: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.

Similar:
undesirable, embarrassing, difficult, awkward, hard, sticky, unenvied, unadmirable, uncoveted, unendurable, more...

Opposite:
enviable, desirable, coveted

Types:
unfortunate, dismal, bleak, miserable, gloomy, dreary, sad, more...

Phrases:
unenviable task, unenviable situation, more...

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Similar:
undesirable, embarrassing, difficult, awkward, hard, sticky, unenvied, unadmirable, uncoveted, unendurable, more...

Opposite:
enviable, desirable, coveted

Types:
unfortunate, dismal, bleak, miserable, gloomy, dreary, sad, more...

Phrases:
unenviable task, unenviable situation, more...



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