Unenviable

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unenviable \Unenviable\
     See {enviable}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unenviable


       adj 1: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
              "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the
              discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark";
              "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of
              resorting to an act he had planned to save for the
              climax of the campaign" [syn: {awkward}, {embarrassing},
               {sticky}]
       2: so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy;
          "unenviable notoriety"