unenviable job

Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words

describes a job that is difficult, unpleasant, and that nobody wants

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  • Cleaning up the oil spill was an unenviable job for the environmental team.
  • The detective was assigned the unenviable job of identifying the serial killer.
  • Taking over a company with massive debts is an unenviable job for any new CEO.
  • As the sole caregiver for her ailing parents, she had an unenviable job.
  • The unenviable job of mediating the bitter corporate dispute fell to the HR department.
  • Dealing with constant customer complaints about a faulty product is an unenviable job.
  • The committee had the unenviable job of deciding who would be laid off.
  • Being the whistle-blower meant he had the unenviable job of exposing corruption.
  • The unenviable job of managing the crisis after the natural disaster was given to the emergency response team.
  • He found himself with the unenviable job of informing the families of the victims.