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
My mother is currently associating with some undesirables who are attempting to transform her into an athlete of sorts, depraved specimens of mankind who regularly bowl their way to oblivion.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
