desirableness

American  

[di-zahy-er-uh-buhl-nis] / dɪˈzaɪ ər ə bəl nɪs /

noun

1. the quality, state, or fact of being desirable.

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Other Word Forms

• undesirableness noun

Example Sentences

In almost all warm countries the luxury, almost the necessity, of arcades to protect the passengers from the sun, and the desirableness of large space in the rooms above, lead to the same construction.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

The passions of men are not in proportion only to their sensibility, or to the desirableness of the object, but to the violence and irritability of their tempers, and the obstacles to their success.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

I have stated, therefore, the only ways in which that end is attainable, without venturing even to express an opinion as to its real desirableness.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John

Out of this trouble about the boots had arisen in Jem’s mind some serious misgivings as to the entire desirableness of donation visits.

From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

The desirableness of Tom as a husband first forced itself upon her attention, and the undesirableness of Ayala as a wife for Tom.

From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony