Unenviable Definition & Meaning

unenviable
adjective
  1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
  2. so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; "unenviable notoriety"

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