1. not desirable or pleasant; difficult or unpleasant in a way that others would not want to experience

Examples

• The coach was in the unenviable position of having to cut half the team.
• She had the unenviable task of delivering the bad news to the employees.
• Being the middle child put him in an unenviable situation between his siblings.
• The new manager inherited an unenviable reputation from his predecessor.
• It’s an unenviable job, but someone has to clean up after the party.
• The defendant found himself in the unenviable position of having no alibi.