DESIRABLE


Meaning of DESIRABLE in English

1.

Something that is ~ is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.

Prolonged negotiation was not ~...

ADJ

desirability

...the desirability of democratic reform.

N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n/-ing

2.

Someone who is ~ is considered to be sexually attractive.

...the young women whom his classmates thought most ~.

ADJ

desirability

...Veronica’s desirability.

N-UNCOUNT: usu poss N

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