noun
- One whose presence is undesirable.
- usage: "rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables"
adjective
- Not wanted.
- usage: "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens";"removed the unwanted vegetation"
- synonyms: unwanted
- Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse. ).
- synonyms: unsuitable
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