| accident |
an undesirable or harmful event. [1/3 definitions] |
| blot |
something that stands out as highly undesirable or ugly. [1/8 definitions] |
| buffer1 |
to diminish the undesirable effects of. [1/6 definitions] |
| come to (something or someone) |
to arrive at a particular point, often an undesirable or frightening one. [1/3 definitions] |
| concentration camp |
a prison camp in which large numbers of political prisoners, aliens, or those considered undesirable are confined and sometimes executed. |
| condemn |
to force or propel into an undesirable state or into engagement in unpleasant activity. [1/5 definitions] |
| control |
a means of stopping or preventing the growth or spread of something undesirable. [1/9 definitions] |
| crutch |
anything that provides support, esp. if dependence on it is undesirable. [1/3 definitions] |
| cull |
an item picked out from among others, esp. one discarded as undesirable. [1/5 definitions] |
| cure |
a substance or course of treatment that leads to the restoration of health after a disease, disability, or other undesirable condition. [3/7 definitions] |
| deportation |
the legal expulsion from a country of an undesirable person, esp. an illegal alien or criminal. |
| dilemma |
a problem situation that requires a choice between equally undesirable solutions or that resists satisfactory solution. [1/2 definitions] |
| duck2 |
to avoid any undesirable chore, situation, or person. [2/7 definitions] |
| foist |
to impose or force (an undesirable person or thing) upon another. [1/2 definitions] |
| hotbed |
any environment that encourages the rapid growth and development of something, esp. something undesirable. [1/2 definitions] |
| inopportune |
occurring at an undesirable or unreasonable time. |
| misshape |
to form into an undesirable shape; deform. |
| negative |
disadvantageous, unfavorable, or undesirable; bad. [1/14 definitions] |
| purge |
to kill or expel (members of a party, government, organization, or the like) so as to rid a society of those considered to be undesirable. [1/12 definitions] |
| rid |
to clear or free from something undesirable (usu. fol. by "of"). |
| rogue |
to uproot or destroy (undesirable plant specimens). [1/6 definitions] |