desirable

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Adjective

desirable (comparative more desirable, superlative most desirable)

1. describing something worth having, that is useful to have, or that would be nice to have.

   This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

Antonyms

• undesirable

Translations

of advantage to have; worth having

Albanian: dëshirueshëm (sq) Bulgarian: желан (bg), желателен (bg) Czech: žádoucí (cs) m. Dutch: wenselijk (nl) French: souhaitable (fr) m. and f., désirable (fr) m. and f. Greek: επιθυμητός (el) (epithymitós) m.

Italian: desiderabile (it) m. and f. Norwegian: ønskelig (no) Polish: pożądany (pl) m., pożądana (pl) f., pożądane (pl) n. Portuguese: desejável (pt) m. and f. Spanish: deseable (es) Swedish: önskvärd (sv), eftersträvansvärd (sv) Thai: พึงประสงค์ (th), เป็นที่ต้องการ (th), ตามปรารถนา (th)

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Finnish: toivottava (1), haluttava (2) German: wünschenswert (1), begehrenswert (2) Hebrew: רצוי (ratzui) (1); נחשק (nikhshaq) (2) Swedish: önskad (see önska)

Noun

desirable (plural desirables)

1. A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

   There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.