Sentences with word «unenviable»

The often unenviable task of football management has made it almost impossible to predict the longevity of a manager's tenure at the top level.

That leaves Earin in a sort of unenviable position.

Passengers got physically assaulted or dragged off planes in a series of nightmarish incidents that catapulted «airline spokesperson» to one of the most - unenviable jobs of the year.

Not least because the once beloved UEFA Cup has devolved into a cheap imitation of the Champions League with unenviable jaunts to former Eastern Bloc backwaters, but also the upheaval that would potentially bring to the schedule of either Liverpool or Tottenham.

With Hull and Villa both facing unenviable weekend games, the focus will be on whether those around them are able to pick up any points.

Recently several mothers have come to us in the following unenviable situation: within weeks or months (in one case, days) of borrowing a pump, the used pump stopped working.

In her maiden speech to the Commons, Atherton drew attention to Cornwall's unenviable status as an area of unemployment and the lowest pay in the country.

Jonas (Thwaites, Maleficent) is a teenager who has passed his graduation ceremony, where youths are selected for the occupational role they are to assume, and has been selected for the nearly singular and unenviable responsibility of carrying all of the historical knowledge of the society, dubbed the «Receiver of Memory», in order to become a sort of advisor or sage to the rest.

The Frenchman spoke about how trying to manage a club that is fighting relegation is the most unenviable task in football (perhaps along with trying to overcome a 3 - 1 home defeat in the Champions League).

So Clegg's current position is understandable if unenviable.

Welfare is a similar proposition, with a deep stigma and unenviable hoops to jump through just to receive a sub-meagre monthly cheque.

Unenviable philosophy — unlike facility, felicity, and fraternity — is supremely resistant to democratization.

In our book, Chuck Van Engen has the rather unenviable task of defining mission, missions, and missional — and he does all three with great discernment.

That keeps intact Marshall's unenviable streak of missing considerable time in each of his four big league seasons.

Schalke face a similarly unenviable task again with Real having won 18 of their last 20 Champions League games and are the only side to have won all their games in the group stage.

Backbenchers» demands for the repatriation of powers, which they think should be the price for Britain's cooperation with whatever deal is eventually produced, make the prime minister's task an extremely unenviable one.

For example, after metamorphosing through a series of unenviable guises, the male giant seadevil may be lucky enough to encounter a female on his epic journey through the dark ocean depths.

There are times when this will occur naturally, however there are also some underlying factors that will contribute to this decidedly unenviable condition.

I can't help but notice that he's not the only third party to have taken a look at Connecticut's education system from the outside and easily identified inter-related systemic failures as the cause of Connecticut's unenviable inequities.

Redesigning the Wrangler is a distinctly unenviable task.

As a full time science fiction author, I'm in the sometimes unenviable position of working for myself.

Readium SDK has an already unenviable goal (achieve full format support in all major big - corp generic readers).

But you also need to balance your tax obligations with that fact that waiting to sell your shares leaves you in the potentially unenviable position of retaining a concentrated equity position.

Black Ops: Declassified was put in a pretty unenviable position, releasing as a PS Vita exclusive on the same day as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

For their part, Android device makers have three unenviable options:

If you're fresh out of college or you've lost your job due to the post-recession restructuring, you're in the same unenviable position: Both of you are competing for the same small pool of jobs, and both of you face the same obstacles.

The LSAT Blog took on itself the most unenviable task of analyzing, or as some of its commenters would have it, attempting to analyze, the classically logical — as opposed to emotional, political or other — aspects of the debate.

As tempting as it is, the V - 6 1LE occupies an interesting and unenviable position in the marketplace.

Now, Warner Bros. is in the unenviable position of hoping to at least place second behind Guardians, lest King Arthur also falls behind the weekend's only other new wide release, the Amy Schumer - and Goldie Hawn - starring mother - daughter comedy Snatched.

Golden was often in the unenviable position of delivering to Rand the feedback from IBM's executives.

Even though you want to put your stamp on things, it's something of an unenviable task when you factor in the sheer amount of time and money spent, especially if you're a bit clueless about design.

Her unenviable task required juggling the concerns of 188 member countries while supporting IMF bailouts of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and other troubled countries.

However, the sleek luxury grand tourer will have the unenviable task of replacing the company's beloved, but aging DB9.

Leaders and CEOs often find themselves in the unenviable position of communicating bad news, such as failed profit projections or potential layoffs.

Self - financed companies can find themselves in an unenviable position possible, running out of cash and desperate for financing.

This places bitcoin owners in the unenviable position of paying a tax bill this spring on Bitcoin Cash, which is even more volatile than the original currency, and whose value could one day collapse to nearly nothing at all.

While pop experts tend to fade from the spotlight long before their predictions pan out or not, Rubin has the unenviable task of flogging a book in the very year his oil price forecast has been proven dead wrong.

Have you been given the unenviable task of managing employees who just don't respond to your requests or are passive aggressive in other ways?

Yellen's task, it seems, is unenviable but not impossible.

Thompson had the unenviable job of taking over the company after it enjoyed an incredible run.

To be fair, medical inflation is higher than general inflation, and biopharma companies have the unenviable task of explaining that a gross list price increase isn't the same thing as the net they'll take away from that increase after haggling with insurers and pharmacy benefits managers.

In late July, Nigel Lea, GardaWorld's regional director for southern Iraq, had the unenviable task of contacting one of his most valuable clients with distressing news.

But in doing so he also has the unenviable task of attempting to bridge the gap that has been growing across the Atlantic since Trump's election.

Air France - KLM's boss Alexandre de Juniac has vacated an unenviable managerial position.

Now requiring a three - fifths majority vote to pass a budget, Illinois which already faces billions in unpaid bills, severely underfunded pensions, and complete political gridlock has the unenviable task of digging themselves out of an even deeper hole.

Indeed, while Carney seems unfazed by the scrutiny, it is in many ways an unenviable post.