Invidious
adjective
Causing or likely to cause anger or resentment.
He had the invidious task of choosing who to lay off
Often appears as...
- an invidious choice
- an invidious comparison
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Disapproving
adjective
Unfairly discriminating; unjust.
The laws are invidious and potentially dangerous
Often appears as...
- an invidious distinction
- invidious discrimination
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing or likely to cause anger or resentment.
He had the invidious task of choosing who to lay off
Often appears as...
- an invidious choice
- an invidious comparison
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Unfairly discriminating; unjust.
The laws are invidious and potentially dangerous
Often appears as...
- an invidious distinction
- invidious discrimination
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Reaction
Invidious often describes situations provoking negative feelings, like jealousy or bitterness.
His invidious boasting about the promotion set a hostile tone in the office.
Pro Tip 2/3Tough Decisions
Use 'invidious' to highlight difficult decisions that might upset others.
She faced the invidious decision of selecting only one for the scholarship.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Negative Tasks
Describe a task likely to be thankless or regarded unfavorably with 'invidious'.
Organizing the event felt like an invidious task, as criticism was inevitable.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Reaction
Invidious often describes situations provoking negative feelings, like jealousy or bitterness.
His invidious boasting about the promotion set a hostile tone in the office.
Pro Tip 2/3Tough Decisions
Use 'invidious' to highlight difficult decisions that might upset others.
She faced the invidious decision of selecting only one for the scholarship.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Negative Tasks
Describe a task likely to be thankless or regarded unfavorably with 'invidious'.
Organizing the event felt like an invidious task, as criticism was inevitable.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Reaction
Invidious often describes situations provoking negative feelings, like jealousy or bitterness.
His invidious boasting about the promotion set a hostile tone in the office.
Pro Tip 2/3Tough Decisions
Use 'invidious' to highlight difficult decisions that might upset others.
She faced the invidious decision of selecting only one for the scholarship.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Negative Tasks
Describe a task likely to be thankless or regarded unfavorably with 'invidious'.
Organizing the event felt like an invidious task, as criticism was inevitable.
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Breaking the illusion of...
as we know are incredibly profound we live in a world where we where we have lightly and darkly pigmented people living next to one another but often brought into proximity initially as a result of very invidious social
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
We live in a world where we have lightly and darkly pigmented people living next to one another, but often brought into proximity initially as a result of very invidious social interactions.
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Breaking the illusion of...
as we know are incredibly profound we live in a world where we where we have lightly and darkly pigmented people living next to one another but often brought into proximity initially as a result of very invidious social
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
We live in a world where we have lightly and darkly pigmented people living next to one another, but often brought into proximity initially as a result of very invidious social interactions.
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Quote examples
Peter Hargreaves
British Businessman
Quite often, people who build big businesses don't believe anyone else can run them, and you end up with an old rascal in their 70s and no one to take them on. I could name several - and I won't - who put themselves in that invidious position.
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Robert Robinson
British Scientist
Though it might be invidious to mention individuals, yet I may be allowed to say how much I owe to the constant help of my wife, not quite my first, but much my most consistent collaborator, and over the longest period of years.
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Peter Hargreaves
British Businessman
Quite often, people who build big businesses don't believe anyone else can run them, and you end up with an old rascal in their 70s and no one to take them on. I could name several - and I won't - who put themselves in that invidious position.
Quote examples
Robert Robinson
British Scientist
Though it might be invidious to mention individuals, yet I may be allowed to say how much I owe to the constant help of my wife, not quite my first, but much my most consistent collaborator, and over the longest period of years.
Example 1 of 2
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