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

We have dwelt on one point—the desirableness, if not necessity, of shortness in them—as specially valuable at the time.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

The necessity and desirableness of country homes being thus easily demonstrable, it is of importance to know how to choose sites for them, and how to build.

From Woodward's Country Homes by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)

The moral condition of man, his seeing no desirableness in the object presented to him by the Gospel, Mr. Erskine shews, at great length, to be the grand obstacle to his enjoying it.

From Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 by Scott, A. J. (Alexander John)

There are many instances of the desirableness and the necessity of the transmarine steam post on important lines of foreign communication where we have a large trade, and yet no postal means of conducting it.

From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas

The estimate they have formed of its desirableness.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John