Definition of unenviable | Bee Dictionary of English

s hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
s so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
unenviable notoriety

At a recent briefing that took place prior to Bush's veto of the expansion of health-care funding for low-income children, Perino found herself in the unenviable position of .
There are many ways of earning the spotlight, and Sheryl Weinstein went an unenviable route: she's famous for sleeping with a guy only slightly more popular than Stalin.
Kevin Rudd took on what appeared to be an unenviable challenge when he became leader of the Australian Labor Party in December last year.

Broad coalition forming to fight Biggert-Waters Act, St. Tammany audience is told
Louisiana finds itself in the unenviable position of being the "guinea pigs" in FEMA’s efforts to implement new flood elevation maps that, combined with the passage of the Biggert-Waters Act, could astronomically increase flood insurance premiums, a panel of speakers...
June 21, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune
Spurs' Leonard relishes first Finals experience
Second-year player has played well in spotlight When the NBA Finals began two weeks ago, Kawhi Leonard drew the unenviable assignment.
June 21, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel
Apple's head of Patent Licensing & Strategy departs for calmer waters
The man in the unenviable position of being deeply involved with Apple's ongoing patent infringement litigation with a number of companies has left Apple. AppleInsider reports that Boris Teksler, formerly Apple's head of Patent Licensing & Strategy, has taken a new job as president of the Technology Group at Technicolor . Teksler testified on behalf of Apple in its US patent infringement suit ...
June 19, 2013 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Bruce Golding in Sydney Morning Herald
Golding said the state of emergency "will be a turning point for us as a nation to confront the powers of evil that have penalised the society and earned us the unenviable label as one of the murder capitals of the world. We must confront this...
P Chidambaram in Times of India
Complimenting Pranab Mukherjee for the budget, Chidambaram said, "He had before him an unenviable task -- having to present an interim budget at the end of a difficult year caused by a global financial crisis. It is, however, a matter of...
Steve Brozak in San Francisco Chronicle
This is death by a thousand cuts,health care analyst Steve Brozak of WBB Securities LLC said. "Even if they win the preponderance of cases, they are still in the unenviable position of having to defend against literally thousands of...