unenviable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unenviable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈenviəbl]
How to pronounce unenviable in American English:
US [ʌnˈenviəbl]
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- Adjective:
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
Word Origin
- unenviable (adj.)
- 1640s, from un- (1) "not" + enviable (adj.). Related: Unenviably.
Example
- 1. Policymakers from these countries are in an unenviable position .
- 2. It is an unenviable choice , which mr obama has already made once before , only to back down when the going got tough .
- 3. Economists on the fed 's open market committee or the bank of england 's monetary policy committee have the unenviable job of setting interest rates for an economy at whose current state they can only guess .
- 4. Companies in industries such as software and telephony find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to guess how much of their business will move to this advertising-supported sector - and how quickly they need to respond .
- 5. The mayor , rahm emanuel , is now in an unenviable position .