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n. - One whose presence is not wanted adj. - Not wanted adj. - Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse).

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  • undesirable impurities in steel
  • "My primary concern is resources," said the commissioner, who blamed the economic crisis for keeping staffing at what he called undesirable levels.
  • The idea that the U.S. government somehow created HIV to kill African-Americans, gays, and other what they call undesirable groups, according to this conspiracy theory.
  • Loss of the home/living in undesirable living conditions
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