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undesirable

adj
/ˌʌndɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/

Etymology

From un- + desirable.

  1. derived from dēsīderō — “to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”
  2. derived from desirer
  3. inherited from desir
  4. suffixed as desirable — “desire + able”
  5. formed as undesirable — “un- + desirable”

Definitions

  1. Not desirable, objectionable or not likely to please.

    • There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.
    • Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

  2. An undesirable person.

    • The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at undesirable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01undesirable02please03happy04tranquillity05calm06noise07unwanted

A definitional loop anchored at undesirable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at undesirable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA