envy

/ˈenvi/ noun

Definition

› [U] the feeling that you wish you had something that someone else has: I watched with envy as he climbed into his brand new sports car.

be the envy of sb › to be liked and wanted by someone: Her new office was the envy of the whole company.

(Definition of envy noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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