different between undesirable vs dickweed

English

Etymology

un- +? desirable

Adjective

undesirable (comparative more undesirable, superlative most undesirable)

1. objectionable or not likely to please

   • There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.

   • 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery (page 327)

     Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "undesirable" is often applied: effect, consequence, result, element, change, person, substance, characteristic, quality, feature, behavior, activity, thing, event, reaction, state.

Antonyms

• desirable

Derived terms

• undesirability
• undesirableness

Translations

Noun

undesirable (plural undesirables)

1. an undesirable person

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dick weed

Pronunciation

Noun

dickweed (plural dickweeds)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) an undesirable person

See also

• dick
• dickhead
• dickwad