"unenviable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unenviable [comparative], most unenviable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + enviable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|enviable}} un- + enviable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unenviable (comparative more unenviable, superlative most unenviable)
  1. Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied. Derived forms: unenviability, unenviableness, unenviably Translations (difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant): ἄζηλος (ázēlos) (Ancient Greek), незавиден (nezaviden) (Bulgarian), nezáviděníhodný (Czech), ei kadehdittava (Finnish), peu enviable (French), wenig beneidenswert (German), kaum zu beneidend (German), αζήλευτος (azíleftos) (Greek), onjenstich (Plautdietsch), nie do pozazdroszczenia (Polish)

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