Recommended vs Undesirable - What's the difference?
recommended | undesirable |
(recommend)
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
objectionable or not likely to please
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* 2008 , Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery (page 327)
As a verb recommended
is (recommend).As an adjective undesirable is
objectionable or not likely to please.As a noun undesirable is
an undesirable person.recommended
English
Verb
(head)recommend
English
Verb
(en verb)- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* discourage * disapprove * opposeDerived terms
* recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommenderAnagrams
* English reporting verbsundesirable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable .
- Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.
