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• n  one whose presence is undesirable
  rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables
• a  not wanted
  undesirable impurities in steel
  legislation excluding undesirable aliens
• s  not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)

• There was also a vote of 253 to 85 to the effect that "undesirable Buchmanism" was actually in vogue with the Philadelphian Society.
• The fact that almost all incidents involve foreign tourists led Klink to the conclusion, he says, that "it is absolutely undesirable that citizens of neighboring countries run .
• In fact, if gene therapy lives up to its promise, parents may someday be able to go beyond weeding out undesirable traits and start actually inserting the genes they want--perhaps .

• unwanted
• unsuitable

• desirable

News & Articles

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• China's Xi in 'thorough clean-up' of party: media
  Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2013 President Xi Jinping is to launch a "thorough clean-up" of the ruling Communist Party, state media reported Tuesday, the latest strongly-worded anti-corruption drive to be enacted by China's new leader. The "upcoming year-long campaign" will target what the Xinhua news agency described as "undesirable work styles such as formalism, bureaucratism, laxity and ...
  June 19, 2013 - Space War
• Guided Method May Make Children Less Agitated After Sedation
  Most young children receiving dental anesthesia are administered sevoflurane, which is easy to use for children, but often causes them to "wake up" delirious and agitated. This study in Anesthesia Progress presents a new technique that reduced these undesirable effects and shortened recovery time in 90% of case studies. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases ...
  June 18, 2013 - PRWeb
• 4A softball MVP: Salem Hill’s Kirtlyn Bohling
  4A softball MVP: Salem Hill’s Kirtlyn Bohling by Eric Butler Special To The Tribune Published Jun 17, 2013 12:03AM MDT One of the great things about Salem Hills softball standout Kirtlyn Bohling, according to her coach, is that she easily can shrug off something pretty quickly. High praise or big accomplishments don’t go to her head. Something undesirable fails to keep Bohling from keeping on ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Quotes

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• Steve Ballmer in FOXBusiness
  If we are forced to take an offer directly to your shareholders, that action will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company from our perspective which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal,Ballmer wrote.
• Jean-Claude Juncker in Bloomberg
  ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet told the European Parliament last week that "exchange rates should reflect economic fundamentals, and excess volatility and disorderly moves in exchange rates are undesirable for economic growth."
• Donald Kohn in Bloomberg
  It may be efficient to allow some adjustment period in which both overall inflation exceeds its desired low level and the unemployment rate is higher than its long-run sustainable level......setting policy in a manner that balances the undesirable... Donald Kohn http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kohn&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH8ALEpFel3eoDVJPqnQJKybwDIXQ MarketWatch http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/watch-wait-policy-best-after/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B0404E150-F28F-4729-86C6-088FDDF2EFCF%257D%26dist%3Dmsr_2&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFkyafJa64wC64j_83vv2uTuuRvuw Jun 11, 2008 104242 137748 undesirably The Fed needs to keep inflation expectations from slipping to undesirably low levels in order to prevent unwanted disinflation," Vice Chairman Donald Kohn, 66, said Sept. 10 in Washington during a speech at the Brookings Institution.