desirable

From Old French desirable.

Morphologically desire +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/, [dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbəɫ]

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desirable (comparative more desirable, superlative most desirable)

1. Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

   This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

• undesirable

desirable (plural desirables)

1. A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

   There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

• barleeids, bride-ales, derisable, rideables

desirable m or f (plural desirables)

1. desirable