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\\\"
so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy;
\\\"unenviable notoriety\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
He has an unenviable record of ill-health. 他一直身體不好，這可不值得羨慕。
She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers. 讓她去通知失敗的人，真不是什么好差事。
He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile. 他已陷於進退維谷的地步，不是坐牢就是流放，必須在兩者間做出抉擇。