English-German translations for unenviable

• kaum zu beneidend
• wenig beneidenswert
  Das erscheint mir als eine wenig beneidenswerte Aufgabe. Probably a pretty unenviable task.
  Indem Herr Barroso meine einfache Anfrage ignorierte und behauptete, dass dieser Gratisurlaub keinen Interessenkonflikt darstelle, hat er sich in eine wenig beneidenswerte Lage gebracht. By ignoring my simple request and by maintaining that these free holidays do not constitute a conflict of interests, Mr Barroso has put himself in an unenviable position.

Definition of unenviable

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

Examples

• [[w:Jean Valjean
• 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