Meaning

1 senses

  1. (in the plural, often)An undesirable person.

    one whose presence is undesirable

Examples

16 sentences

  1. Tom is an undesirable person here.

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  2. That girl has an extremely undesirable personality.

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  3. This movie may have an undesirable influence on children.

    deDieser Film kann einen unerwünschten Einfluss auf Kinder haben. — virgil

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  4. Clinginess is an undesirable quality in a romantic partner.

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  5. What are the criteria you use to weed out undesirable candidates?

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

plural: undesirables
Singularundesirable
Pluralundesirables

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
meseljerkvillainand troublemaker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underweightunderwhelmunderworldunderwriteundetectableundetectedundeterminedundeterred

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