undesirables

Example Sentences

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The skin barrier does more than just keeping undesirables out––it also is crucial for keeping certain essentials, like water, in.

From National Geographic • Nov. 28, 2023

Mints are frequent offenders, and they top many gardeners’ lists of undesirables.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

Trans people are not undesirables from whom society must be protected, but free and equal human beings.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2021

Police and local defense units carry out regular mass roundups of undesirables — including street hawkers, who practice a common form of survival across Africa.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2015

The Immigration Act of 1917 barred thirty-three kinds of undesirables from entering the United States, and so, in 1922, on the deck of the Giulia, passengers distussed how to escape the categories.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides