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desirable

/dɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/ noun C2
  1. A thing that people want; something that is desirable. · There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

Plural desirables

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“Oh,” said Danglars, “I can, when circumstances render it desirable, adopt your system, although it may not be my general practice.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 953 · C1
So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 11 · B2
Our chambers were always full of chemicals and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions, and of turning up in the butter-dish or in even less desirable places.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 2 · B2
One iron was heating on a small gas stove; the other was being pushed vigorously back and forth to make the desirable crease that would be seen later on extending in straight lines from Mr.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 26 · C1

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