Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being desirable: desirableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
desirable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun attractiveness to the opposite sex
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
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Examples
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A state's live-in desirability, as defined by CQ Press in the form of a livability index that considers 44 social, cultural, and economic factors, rigorously correlates with that state's estimated average IQ.
Moral and Mental Development, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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This limits the long-term desirability of the yen as a trading currency.
Daniel Wagner: The Chinese Yuan vs. the Power of the Dollar Daniel Wagner 2011
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Kleinsteuber emphasizes the differences in desirability and price among coins of the same type, date (or equivalent date) and certified grade.
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(Of course I could read it on my Kindle anytime, but will I notice a difference in desirability?)
Tugging on the leash Roger Sutton 2008
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'Audacious Epigone' writes (UPDATE: link fixed), A state's live-in desirability, as defined by CQ Press in the form of a livability index that considers 44 social, cultural, and economic factors, rigorously correlates with that state's estimated average IQ.
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Given that there is still disagreement among analysts over the long-term desirability of the acquisition, you have to wonder whether standards were higher for her.
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Given that there is still disagreement among analysts over the long-term desirability of the acquisition, you have to wonder whether standards were higher for her.
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Given that there is still disagreement among analysts over the long-term desirability of the acquisition, you have to wonder whether standards were higher for her.
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I think, for example, of the distinction we so frequently draw between primary and secondary industry (as though the former were a primitive activity of an essentially undesirable nature, and the latter, on the other hand, represented the ultimate in desirability).
Formula For Growth 1960
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This limits the long-term desirability of the yen as a trading currency.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Daniel Wagner 2011
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