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The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
Felix Adler

Meaning of "unenviable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNENVIABLE

unenviable  [ʌnˈɛnvɪəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNENVIABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unenviable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNENVIABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unenviable in the English dictionary

The definition of unenviable in the dictionary is not to be envied.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNENVIABLE


agreeable
əˈɡrɪəbəl
amiable
ˈeɪmɪəbəl
appreciable
əˈpriːʃɪəbəl
enviable
ˈɛnvɪəbəl
identifiable
aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəbəl
impermeable
ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl
imperviable
ɪmˈpɜːvɪəbəl
irrepleviable
ˌɪrɪˈplɛvɪəbəl
leviable
ˈlɛvɪəbəl
liable
ˈlaɪəbəl
obviable
ˈɒbvɪəbəl
payable
ˈpeɪəbəl
permeable
ˈpɜːmɪəbəl
playable
ˈpleɪəbəl
reliable
rɪˈlaɪəbəl
repleviable
rɪˈplɛvɪəbəl
undeniable
ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbəl
unreliable
ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbəl
variable
ˈvɛərɪəbəl
viable
ˈvaɪəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNENVIABLE

unenlarged
unenlightened
unenlightening
unenquiring
unenriched
unenslaved
unensured
unentailed
unentered
unenterprising
unentertained
unentertaining
unenthralled
unenthusiastic
unenthusiastically
unentitled
unenviably
unenvied
unenvious
unenvying

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNENVIABLE

able
dependent variable
depreciable
diable
differentiable
dummy variable
independent variable
insatiable
invariable
justifiable
modifiable
multivariable
negotiable
non-negotiable
notifiable
photocopiable
quantifiable
random variable
sociable
unsociable
verifiable

Synonyms and antonyms of unenviable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNENVIABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unenviable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unenviable

Translation of «unenviable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNENVIABLE

Find out the translation of unenviable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unenviable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unenviable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吃力不讨好
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco envidiable
570 millions of speakers

English

unenviable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवांछनीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا يحسد عليها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незавидная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unenviable
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

র্ষার অতীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peu enviable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak diingini
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wenig beneidenswert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気の進まない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

골치 아픈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unenviable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unenviable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரும்பப்படாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपायकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıskanılmaya değmez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poco invidiabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pozazdroszczenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незавидна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neinvidiat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αζήλευτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbenydenswaardige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unenviable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unenviable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unenviable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNENVIABLE»

The term «unenviable» is regularly used and occupies the 96.260 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNENVIABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unenviable

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QUOTES WITH «UNENVIABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unenviable.
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Felix Adler
The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNENVIABLE»

Discover the use of unenviable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unenviable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Commentary on Plato's Gorgias
In the fourth place comes someone who kills justly, who is also unenviable. Now why is he unenviable? An unenviable person is one whom we ought not to envy. So we ought not to envy someone who kills justly nor one who kills unjustly.358 ...
Olympiodorus (the Younger, of Alexandria), Robin Jackson, Kimon Lycos, 1998
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The Future of Philanthropy: Economics, Ethics, and Management
Picking. Targets: Healthcare. Philanthropy's. Unenviable. Task. There is good news and bad news for America in healthcare spending. After at least three decades of seemingly inexorable rises in the percentage of the nation's GDP consumed ...
Susan U. Raymond, 2004
3
Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900
Unenviable. Place': Canadian. Federal. Indian. Policy. When the Manitoba and the North-West Territories joined Confederation in 1870, the vast majority of the residents were Aboriginal people, and largely unknown to them, their lives from ...
Sarah Alexander Carter, 1999
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Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
By a Chinese, - - - 153 Exile and the Emperor, the, - 324 Fate, an Unenviable, - 31 FernleyHall, - - - 215 Firebrands, the Little, - 222 First Appearance upon any Stage, 129 French-Russian, Fortunes of a, 6 Ghost-lover, the, - 225, 245 Girl's ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1855
5
Essays of a Birmingham manufacture
persons of the highest class, the whole of us are pronounced to be void of enjoyment, and leading a life than which nothing " can be imagined more hideous, more dismal, more unenviable." Am I not right in saying that the caricature is too ...
William Lucas Sargant, 1870
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Tait's Edinburgh magazine
The "very unenviable position" in which the two great parliamentary Leaders have recently taken occasion to inform the world that they " find themselves," may be taken as a hopeful sign that the break-up of parties and party-politics, which all ...
‎1844
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
THE "very unenviable position" in which the two great parliamentary Leaders have recently taken occasion to inform the world that they " find themselves," may be taken as a hopeful sign that the break-up of parties and party-politics, which all ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1844
8
Police searches on the Parliamentary Estate: first report of ...
Mr Quick: I have read the Johnston report very, very carefully, and I had huge sympathy with Sir Ian, he was given an unenviable task. Q996 Chairman: Unenviable? Mr Quick: Unenviable task of reviewing an investigation, amidst a controversy ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Issue of Privilege, 2010
9
Injustice in justice. Lies of statistics. Middle-class ...
persons of the highest class, the whole of us are pronounced to be void of enjoyment, and leading a life than which nothing " can be imagined more hideous, more dismal, more unenviable." Am I not right in saying that the caricature is too ...
William Lucas Sargant, 1870
10
Predicate Nominals: A Partial Surface Syntax of Russian
'unenviable condition' is entirely natural and even somewhat phraseologized. For other examples for which the attributive construction is a natural paraphrase, see Gustavsson 1976:51-2, 78ff., 318-l9, 340 et passim. As pointed out there, the ...
Johanna Nichols, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNENVIABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unenviable is used in the context of the following news items.
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The police's unenviable role in austerity Britain
'Unless the government reverses its approach to funding the police – as well as social and mental health services – don't expect to see a police officer any time ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Meet the woman who has the sometimes unenviable job of being …
WASHINGTON — The only young woman in Donald Trump's inner political circle sits a few feet away from him on his private jet, head down, working on a laptop ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
Nine-year-old boy enjoys an unenviable hot pepper - Yahoo7
When it comes to fun ways to spend a summer's day, eating a hot pepper would not top most people's list. Except, that is, Scottish YouTuber Pikachu The ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
4
PM Tsipras in Unenviable Position
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is faced with the ultimate dilemma: accept German-advocated austerity measures opposed by hardliners in his own party ... «MarketPulse, Jul 15»
5
Greece's Unenviable Choice
Greece's Unenviable Choice. Source: Getty. Uri Dadush Op-Ed July 3, 2015 Euractiv. Summary. There is no good choice in Sunday's referendum. For Greeks, it ... «Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jul 15»
6
Greece Enters A Small And Unenviable Club [Infographic]
In doing so, it is now in arrears and joins an unenviable club containing Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe. Greece has also set a new record for the sheer size of a ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
7
Pirates 1B Corey Hart playing unenviable position: left out
Pirates veteran Corey Hart has played plenty of first base and outfield during his 12-year major league career. But in 2015, he has become more familiar with a ... «CBSSports.com, Jun 15»
8
BISHOP | The unenviable task of Pawlowski
Western Kentucky has taken a calculated risk – as any school does when making a hire within its athletic program. Athletic director Todd Stewart and WKU ... «WBKO, Jun 15»
9
Unenviable task facing Longford as Dublin prepare to hit the ground …
For much of the build-up to this Leinster senior football quarter-final the mood has been “Charge of the Light Brigade” – with added unhappiness over Crimea as ... «Irish Times, May 15»
10
PM Modi & Chinese president Xi Jinping have unenviable tasks of …
Narendra Modi's first visit to China as India's prime minister from May 14 to May 16 was kick-started by a traditional lion dance in president Xi Jinping's ... «Economic Times, May 15»

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