Synonyms for undesirables
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-di-zahyuh r-uh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dɪˈzaɪər ə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for undesirables Other synonyms for the word undesirables
- bad news
- bete noire
- blackballed
- D.P.
- disagreeable
- displaced person
- displeasing
- distasteful
- DP
- dregs of society
- exceptionable
- excess baggage
- excluded
- exile
- expatriate
- fugitive
- gang
- gathering
- hobo
- hoi polloi
- ill-favored
- inadmissible
- inhospitableness
- inhospitality
- left out in cold
- lousy
- lower class
- man without a country
- mob
- not in the picture
- objectionable
- objectionable person
- obnoxious
- offscourings of society
- one-percenters
- outcast
- pet peeve
- rabble
- rank and file
- rascal
- refugee
- rejected
- repellent
- riffraff
- ring
- rubbish
- scum
- scum of the earth
- shut out
- stateless person
- swinish multitude
- thankless
- tramp
- trash
- unacceptable
- unacceptable person
- unasked
- undesirable
- undesirables
- ungraciousness
- uninvited
- unpleasant
- unpopular
- unreceptiveness
- unsought
- unwanted
- unwelcomeness
- unwished-for
- vagrant
- vermin
- waif
Définition of undesirables
Origin :- 1660s, "not to be desired, objectionable," from un- (1) "not" + desirable. The noun meaning "undesirable person or thing" is first attested 1883. Undesired "not asked or invited" is recorded from late 15c.
- As in pariah : noun social outcast
- As in riffraff : noun rabble
- As in displaced person : noun individual forced to leave his or her native country or home
- As in dregs of society : noun despicable people
- As in persona non grata : noun unwelcome person
- As in inhospitableness : noun unwelcome
- As in inhospitality : noun unwelcome
- As in ungraciousness : noun unwelcome
- As in unreceptiveness : noun unwelcome
- As in unwelcomeness : noun unwelcome
- Let the Force be made easy for undesirables to leave, as Herchmer said some years before.
- Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
- Instantly it occurred to me that undesirables should be unable to reproduce their species.
- Extract from : « Fighting Byng » by A. Stone
- Then this young lady doesn't come within the category of undesirables?
- Extract from : « Princess Mary's Gift Book » by Various
- Did she not associate habitually with socialists, paupers, and other undesirables?
- Extract from : « John Marsh's Millions » by Charles Klein
- Could these undesirables be pushed into the Spanish sphere of influence?
- Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Gilbert Chinard
- "Then you cannot blame the undesirables," her rector responded.
- Extract from : « Mount Music » by E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
- These cities are by no means occupied by their builders alone, but have their undesirables within their borders.
- Extract from : « The Human Side of Animals » by Royal Dixon
- Billy Huntington was the founder of an original secret organization called the "Club for Undesirables."
- Extract from : « The Bachelors » by William Dana Orcutt
- In that way I can also keep the missionary element out, as well as other undesirables.
- Extract from : « Two Years in the Forbidden City » by The Princess Der Ling
- Considering the size to which the Force had grown it was inevitable that some proportion of undesirables must exist in its ranks.
- Extract from : « The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I » by Herbert Brayley Collett
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