Its mythmaking was effective as such, and bolstered American fears of "undesirable" immigrants, racial "mixing", and independent women.
Our findings were consistent with others, where fears of undesirable effects of surgery on the body and side effects due to chemotherapies were a few of the initial reasons in delays in seeking cancer treatment.
Neil Hrushowy, an urban designer for the city who is working on the Market Street project, said that past planning based solely on "the fear of quote-unquote undesirables" was not good for urban design — and did not actually work.
While I think it's great to explain the benefits of abstinence, I do believe that Christians have begun to rely too heavily on a shame-based rhetoric that motivates teens into compliance for fear of being "dirty" or undesirable.
This bank of moral credits allows leaders to think that they can behave in a socially undesirable way without fear of discrediting their image.
It is feared that such a stance would force upon us a kind of tolerance of all manner of undesirable behaviors, from acts of rudeness to Nazi atrocities.
But, of course, the definition of undesirable can shift.
A blacklist of "undesirable buskers" will be compiled.
The draft leaves the definition of "undesirable" open to interpretation.
Uniontown has more than its fair share of undesirable businesses.
