Penny Junor

I have huge sympathy for Prince William. He was born into a deeply unenviable life that most of us would abhor, and what's more, he lost his mother at an early age.

English Journalist

M. S. Swaminathan

India unfortunately has the unenviable reputation of being the home to the largest number of undernourished children, women and men in the world.

Indian Scientist

Felix Adler

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

German Educator

Often used when a situation is tough or thankless, suggesting no one would want it.

Negative Context

Can show sympathy towards someone who has to deal with a bad situation.

Sympathy or Pity

May express respect for someone taking on a hard role despite its disadvantages.

Signaling Respect

 And apparently it's a very picky eater and it, you know, hones in on only the ripest coffee cherries. And then an enzyme in its digestive tract leeches into the beans, and people with the unenviable job of collecting these cats' leavings

Benjamin Wallace: The...

 work with remember those national the the parks anti poaching teams they've got massive massive tracts of land to deal with and so it's it's it's it's an unenviable task for those guys having to protect

Unenviable