Source : WordNet®

unenviable
     adj 1: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
            "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the
            discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark";
            "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of
            resorting to an act he had planned to save for the
            climax of the campaign" [syn: {awkward}, {embarrassing},
             {sticky}]
     2: so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy;
        "unenviable notoriety"