undesirability

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noun

The property of being undesirable.

Opposite
desirability
OriginEnglish desirability ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

nounundesirability (countable and uncountable, plural undesirabilities)

plural undesirabilities

  1. uncountableThe property of being undesirable.
  2. countableSomething undesirable.

    India is merely the geopsychic site for a cluster of undesirabilities that continue to be illicitly desired.

    1999, Balachandra Rajan, Under Western Eyes: India from Milton to Macaulay, page 91

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality possessed by something that should be avoided

Opposite
desirability
Broader
badbadness
Also see
undesirableness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishdesirability
  9. Englishundesirability

From un- + desirability.

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APA

undesirability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undesirability

MLA

“undesirability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undesirability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undesirability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undesirability.

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