undesirable
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- noun
- /ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəbəl/
- Offensive
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[OFENSIVO] persona indeseable
- The manager expressed concern over hiring undesirables, fearing they might disrupt teamwork and morale.
There are even lists of problems that were given to undesirables in those days.
- There are even lists of problems that were given to undesirables in those days.
- And, and the people up there are convicts or other undesirables who we sent up there.
- She was in Mayfair drinking champagne in nice clubs and I was in warehouses rolling round on the floor with undesirables.
- Yeah, they've both got a bit of an undesirable
Examples
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My parents had always had a soft spot for the undesirables, the animals that no one else would want.
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The community decided to exclude the undesirables from their gatherings to maintain a pleasant atmosphere.
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There are even lists of problems that were given to undesirables in those days.
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You'll need me to protect you from the undesirables.
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Their ancestors were labeled as undesirables in Europe and expelled from their native countries.
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We've had to dispose of so many undesirables of late.
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So in towns throughout Europe close themselves to outsiders and inside the towns undesirables might be rounded up and expelled.
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At some point, Margaret Sanger also added Catholics to her list of undesirables.
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Once removed from the upper class's repertoire, tattoos became affiliated with social undesirables and deviants.
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In times of turmoil, certain groups are often labeled as undesirables and face discrimination without cause.
Synonyms
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A person who is not welcome in a place, often for official reasons
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A person or thing people strongly dislike
A person who is not wanted in a place or group
An unpleasant person who is hard to get along with
How Accepted
Surface Forms
Morphology
undesirable = undesirable (transparent) = un + desire + able
The noun is a regular substantivization of the adjective 'undesirable', so the meaning is easy to infer from the base adjective.
Etymology
Undesirable as a noun is built the same way: un- 'not' + desire 'want', and it means a person who is 'not wanted' in a place or group. That's why people call someone an 'undesirable' when others try to keep them away.