unenviable
adjective/ʌnˈenviəbl/
/ʌnˈenviəbl/
[usually before noun]- difficult or unpleasant; that you would not want to have
- She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnenviable is used with these nouns:- job
- record
- reputation
- …
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