enviable

[ en-vee-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈɛn vi ə bəl /

adjective

worthy of envy; very desirable: an enviable position.

Origin of enviable

First recorded in 1595–1605; envy + -able

SYNONYMS FOR enviable

advantageous, fortunate, lucky.

OTHER WORDS FROM enviable

en·vi·a·ble·ness, noun en·vi·a·bly, adverb non·en·vi·a·ble, adjective non·en·vi·a·ble·ness, noun

non·en·vi·a·bly, adverb un·en·vi·a·ble, adjective un·en·vi·a·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH enviable

enviable envious jealous

Words nearby enviable

envelope chemise, envelopment, envenom, envenomation, enver pasha, enviable, envier, envious, enviro, environ, environ.

Example sentences from the Web for unenviable

Her position is unenviable: she is saddled with a memorable debut TV role and then a memorable, failed marriage.

How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? |Tim Teeman |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For the last several years, Geithner has occupied perhaps the most unenviable position in Washington.

On the Fiscal Cliff, Republicans Got Nothin’ |Daniel Gross |December 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In the weeks that followed, Semenya made headlines around the world—under some of the most unenviable circumstances imaginable.

Caster Semenya And The IOC’s Olympics Gender Bender |Jesse Ellison |July 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As authorities sort out the investigation, SuperJet faces the unenviable task of pulling a successful program from the wreckage.

Russia’s SuperJet Crash in Indonesia Raises Questions of Cause |Elyse Moody |May 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Bernanke is in the unenviable position of trying to run an organization where ideally, he wants consensus.

This is Why the Federal Reserve Can't Save the Economy |Noah Kristula-Green |April 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The only limit to this unenviable popularity was the size of the house.

The Desert and The Sown |Mary Hallock Foote
The daily life of those unfortunates whose duties took them there, or compelled them to navigate, was unenviable in the extreme.

British Secret Service During the Great War |Nicholas Everitt
Meantime his position as Joanna's lover was not an unenviable one.

Joanna Godden |Sheila Kaye-Smith
In the most unenviable of moods, 'Lina left at a comparatively early hour.

Bad Hugh |Mary Jane Holmes
However this may be, they cannot claim a monopoly to this unenviable distinction.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson

British Dictionary definitions for unenviable (1 of 2)

unenviable

/ (ʌnˈɛnvɪəbəl) /

adjective

not to be envied the unenviable task

British Dictionary definitions for unenviable (2 of 2)

enviable

/ (ˈɛnvɪəbəl) /

adjective

exciting envy; fortunate or privileged

Derived forms of enviable

enviableness, noun enviably, adverb

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enviable

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