unenviable

The manager had the unenviable task of informing the staff about the layoffs.

(Chinese) 经理承担了一项苦差事，即告知员工裁员的消息。

Living in a drafty, unheated house in winter is an unenviable situation.

(Chinese) 冬天住在一间透风且没暖气的房子里，这种处境着实令人同情。