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Antonyms for desirable

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-zahyuh r-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər ə bəl


Definition of desirable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French desirable (12c.), from dasirer (see desire (v.)). Related: Desirably; desirability.
  • adj attractive, seductive
  • adj advantageous, good
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps there are worlds where two and two do not make just that desirable amount.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • From this piece are obtained the most desirable chops and roasts.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Neither for your sake nor for hers, nor for my own, could such a thing be desirable.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • At this stage it is not necessary or desirable to descend to detail.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Thus he retained a powerful weapon—to be used when desirable.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • In this view it is desirable to be introduced into the privacies of domestic life.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Yet it is difficult to see how this most desirable change is to be effected.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Nevertheless it was his pose to imply that for him no other sort of reputation was desirable.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • It is most desirable that they should be home, here, in this house, before the tidings are broken to them.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • It is desirable that you should contemplate it in its true proportions.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

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