undesirable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ desirable

Adjective

undesirable (comparative more undesirable, superlative most undesirable)

1. objectionable or not likely to please
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6

     There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "undesirable" is often applied: effect, consequence, result, element, change, person, substance, characteristic, quality, feature, behavior, activity, thing, event, reaction, state.

Antonyms

• desirable

Translations

objectionable or not likely to please

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不受歡迎的 (cmn), 不受欢迎的 (cmn) (bù shòu huānyíng de)

• Czech: nežádoucí (cs) m
• Dutch: ongewenst (nl)
• Finnish: epämieluinen (fi), epämieluisa (fi)
• French: indésirable (fr)
• German: unerwünscht (de)
• Greek: ανεπιθύμητος (el) (anepithýmitos) m

• Italian: indesiderabile (it) m and f
• Japanese: 望ましくない (ja) (のぞましくない, nozomashikunai)
• Norwegian (bokmål): uønska/uønsket/uønskt
• Norwegian (nynorsk): uynskt/uønskt
• Russian: нежелательный (ru) (neželátelʹnyj) m
• Spanish: indeseable (es)
• Thai: ไม่พึงประสงค์ (th)

Noun

undesirable (plural undesirables)

1. an undesirable person

Translations

an undesirable person

• Finnish: ei-toivottu henkilö
• Greek: ανεπιθύμητος (el) (anepithýmitos) m

• Spanish: indeseable (es)