as in unpleasant
bad, harmful, or unpleasant
The drug has some undesirable side effects. This decision may have undesirable consequences.
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Recent Examples of undesirable
Understanding the biological processes behind a disease means identifying the specific protein or proteins whose undesirable effects in the body cause that disease.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Energy tariffs could kick-start or ruin entire industries, throttle undesirable foreign economic activity, and drastically alter environmental outcomes.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The San Francisco Giants' failed pursuits of superstars Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, and Bryce Harper in free agency furthered the narrative that San Francisco is an undesirable destination for professional athletes.
—Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Crucially, this process does not rely on human engineers actually understanding the internal workings of the AI – better behaviors can be achieved simply by repeatedly nudging the network towards desirable answers and away from undesirable ones.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Energy tariffs could kick-start or ruin entire industries, throttle undesirable foreign economic activity, and drastically alter environmental outcomes.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The San Francisco Giants' failed pursuits of superstars Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, and Bryce Harper in free agency furthered the narrative that San Francisco is an undesirable destination for professional athletes.
—Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Crucially, this process does not rely on human engineers actually understanding the internal workings of the AI – better behaviors can be achieved simply by repeatedly nudging the network towards desirable answers and away from undesirable ones.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undesirable
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Good palliative care can ensure that patients avoid unpleasant breathlessness, pain, nausea, and other symptoms.Mark Taubert, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, however, many people described unpleasant feelings associated with December.Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
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Six in 10 respondents had experienced unwanted and/or inappropriate touching, hugging or kissing from colleagues.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
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This plan aims to educate fishers about the new regulations and teach them how to safely release unwanted or protected catch.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Much like in that previous doc, this is a record of some of the most turbulent, heart-wrenching, and anxiety-inducing years in the country’s history, specifically the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro and his horrible administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
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The discourse will take the horrible transition from the coronation of 2024 to the unfair new expectations of 2025.Brody Miller, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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At its simplest, while tracking cookies are a nasty underpin to the internet, they can be seen and controlled, whether by those website popups or electing to use some form of private browsing that blocks such cookies altogether.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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But the only bacteria raw or pasteurized milk contain are the nasty kind—salmonella, campylobacter and the like, according to the FDA.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesirable. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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