indesiderato

unwanted

adjective een-deh-zee-deh-RAH-toh Rare

Also means

undesired

Usage Note

Indesiderato means not wanted or welcome: una visita indesiderata (an unwanted visit), effetti indesiderati (unwanted side effects — a common medical phrase). It agrees in gender and number with its noun. The feminine form is indesiderata; plurals are indesiderati (m) and indesiderate (f).

Examples

"Il farmaco può causare effetti indesiderati."

Natural Translation

The medication can cause unwanted side effects.

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