unenviable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy

   unenviable notoriety

2. 2
   adj

   Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.

   Valjean was in the unenviable position of either living with the knowledge an innocent would suffer for his crime or revealing his true identity and going back to prison.

3. 3
   adj

   hard to deal with

Etymology

From un- + enviable.