undesirable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From un- + desirable.

"The controversy has been hot; but the Central State--trying to foist off its undesirables on us--knows it is in the wrong. — Tarrano the Conqueror, Ray Cummings
Then a "vigilance committee" would be organized, which would either drive out the undesirables, as in this story, or would execute the entire lot. — The Short-story, Unknown
I may add that the words "The Lady Roberts" had been chiselled on the naval gun, and that many persons had just been expelled from Pretoria and other places as being considered "undesirables." — My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, Ben J. (Ben Johannis) Viljoen

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