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desirable

[ dih-zahyuhr-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine:

    a desirable apartment.

  2. arousing desire or longing:

    a desirable man or woman.

  3. advisable; recommendable:

    a desirable law.



noun

  1. a person or thing that is desirable.

desirable

/ dɪˈzaɪərəbəl /

adjective

  1. worthy of desire or recommendation

    a desirable residence

  2. arousing desire, esp sexual desire; attractive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person or thing that is the object of desire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • deˌsiraˈbility, noun
  • deˈsirably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • de·sira·bili·ty de·sira·ble·ness noun
  • de·sira·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of desirable1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Old French; equivalent to desire + -able
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Example Sentences

The reason an injunction is so desirable for law enforcement is that the police don’t have the resources to pursue gang members when they commit bona fide crimes.

“Legislation like this rarely takes into account the ripple effect on all workers of the impact on the employer, which can result in outcomes that are less desirable than intended,” Walshok said.

Many people, including scientists, are concerned that rogue scientists wouldn’t stop at editing out diseases and would create “designer babies” with enhanced athletic ability, intelligence or other desirable traits.

A raised, sloped area—where the keys are broken up by the triangular shape—helps create a more desirable, comfortable position for your hands.

The piece, which argues the pandemic has forever made cities like New York less desirable, got a ton of pushback.

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The more expensive it becomes, the better it must be, which in turn makes it more desirable.

That seems to be the secret to creating a successful, desirable, and wearable device.

Is gambling culture more desirable than gay culture and counterculture?

Now, he's out to prove that redheads are just as desirable as their neutral-hued brethren.

As prejudices waned, it became easier and ultimately desirable for Jews to fully assimilate.

And all over the world each language would be taught with the same accent and quantities and idioms—a very desirable thing indeed.

Some critics feel that, despite much that is desirable in her work, the soul is lacking in the women she paints.

To my friends ever since I have not failed to recommend the passage of the Butterley tunnel as a desirable pleasure excursion.

And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.

To bring forth a violin of this desirable type, Stradivari directed his energies.

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