unenviable
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(s) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
- an awkward pause followed his remark
- a sticky question
- in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
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(s) so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
- unenviable notoriety