undesirability en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English desirability English undesirability From un- + desirability.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The property of being undesirable.
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(countable) Something 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undesirabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |