undesirable impurities in steel. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"My primary concern is resources," said the commissioner, who blamed the economic crisis for keeping staffing at what he called undesirable levels. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2004] Reference
Loss of the home/living in undesirable living conditions. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Was Rebecca wise to have a child knowing the odds her offspring would inherit certain undesirable traits?. From Wordnik.com. [The Family Tree by Carole Cadwalladr: Questions] Reference
How do we ensure that age or skin color or national origin or harmless mannerisms will not also become the basis for distinguishing the undesirable from the desirable?. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Boden: The Quality of Whose Life? Part 2] Reference
He is also an actor (professionally undesirable in other words). From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
Although undesirable, that is necessary in the current environment. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Which means the amount of noise (aka undesirable hires) will likely increase. From Wordnik.com. [Auren Hoffman: Why Hiring is Paradoxically Harder in a Downturn] Reference
What Sagan means is that the criteria have failed to filter out what may charitably be called undesirable elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Then Quinn spoke out against a Blagojevich tax proposal and spearheaded an effort to let voters recall undesirable officials. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
That would leave us with the sentence “it's labelled undesirable by people taught prepositions have a proper place in the world”, which is a real rubbish sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The no-final-prepositions rule: Not even half right. « Motivated Grammar] Reference
This time the undesirable is Robert Malley. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards flatly rules out running with Obama] Reference
I also had a run-in with one of the 'undesirable' males in my class. From Wordnik.com. [Flashback Friday: Middle School Games] Reference
An 'undesirable' person may suffer the same fate as an 'idle' person. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the South African Reich - Chapter 15] Reference
The Army agreed, discharging him that October on "undesirable" grounds. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
That is they should not be able to sack you if you have an 'undesirable' hobby. From Wordnik.com. [Setting Out The Stall] Reference
As a rule of thumb, the closer a beach is toNew York City, the more "undesirable" it is. From Wordnik.com. [In the Hamptons] Reference
Hitherto the Communists had included people with 'undesirable' backgrounds in their ranks. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
Question 3 uses "Critics of the police" as the opening words of the "undesirable " answer. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
The Commission's concern about the grants was not to suggest that the grants were "undesirable". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Originally targeted (#3 I think) but later rejected as "undesirable" was rumor queen Lindsay Lohan. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
Its predecessor, Baztab, was closed down by Ahmadinejad's government for revealing 'undesirable' information. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Tehran: Practicing Democracy, Iran Style] Reference
Is the man who wants a short life and a merry one an "undesirable" from the standpoint of the Rational Social Will?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Before Special Order 40, the LAPD was used to keep "undesirable" migrants from another land from entering the Southland. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Batatu was surprised because he knew that the book was banned, and he was an "undesirable" after the book was published. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday, January 17, 2007] Reference
Coetzee said that "undesirable" titles these days were basically confined to specific numbers of some "adult" publications. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The degeneration of negotiations which resulted in industrial action was "undesirable" but "understandable", said Reverend Andrew. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The technology analyses recorded or live transmitted speech to look for "undesirable" words or phrases and render them inaudible. From Wordnik.com. [Real-Time Censorship] Reference
Where humans are no longer considered invested with an inherent dignity, it quickly leads to the destruction of "undesirable" life. From Wordnik.com. [Monkey Business] Reference
For an IRA, a disclaimer qualifying under § 2518 can decrease required minimum distributions by eliminating an "undesirable" beneficiary. From Wordnik.com. [October 2005] Reference
Okada admits 'undesirable' use of foreign ministry's funds. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Sarkozy government faces reshuffle] Reference
Initially, its purpose was to keep "undesirable" Europeans. From Wordnik.com. [TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News] Reference
Either way, wouldn't the same kind of "undesirable" people ride the trolley?. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Never-mind, I'm sure there would be some kind of undesirable side effects. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
The resolution states that these "undesirable" transactions should be specifically identified by the Commission. From Wordnik.com. [Tax-News.Com Live Tax Headlines] Reference
I'm pretty sure the modifier "undesirable" coming before the noun "social disease" is redundant, but never mind that. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Higher Ed] Reference
Truth can be considered to be a morally desirable trait in a person, since it the antithesis of "undesirable" traits such as. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
Emergency Quota Act and Immigration Act of 1924 effectively slammed the door shut on all "undesirable" and "unassimilable" immigrants. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
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