as in feasibility
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences
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Recent Examples of desirability
His outstanding leadership helped to continuously elevate the desirability and craft of the whole industry to new heights.
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Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Even in the wellness world, our growing obsession with longevity and biohacking subtly sells the message that youth is the ultimate marker of not only health, but also desirability, value, and beauty.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025
Regardless of the propulsion system, GM’s goal to lead with product desirability has allowed high-volume sales amid crisis after crisis, Barra said.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Regardless of the propulsion system, GM’s goal to lead with product desirability has allowed high-volume sales amid crisis after crisis, Barra said.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirability
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Initial site purchase is still in the air while the State Department of Education mulls the feasibility of 16 sites.—
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The state is projected to have $692 million less to spend than the year before, raising doubts about the feasibility of major new investments.—
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The excuses have more to do with political expediency and gas lobbying than reality.—
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The daughter of a Marxist guerilla who rose to notoriety in the 1970s for capturing an American businessman, Rodríguez is adept at embracing contradiction in the name of political expediency.—
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Ultimately, peace cannot be defined by those who profit from war, occupation or political expedience.—
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That’s because the Fed’s credibility rests on its ability to make decisions driven by economic evidence, not political expedience.—
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In both countries, investment outcomes depend heavily on national conditions, including the strength of capital markets, workforce, infrastructure, and the judiciousness of laws and regulations.—
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As a result, the rearrangement was largely considered impossible to use in modern asymmetric catalysis, despite its potential usefulness.—
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
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“Desirability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirability. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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