as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
inevitably, his remarkable success attracted the invidious attention of the other sales representatives
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Recent Examples of invidious
Any persistent disparity between racial or social groups is taken as ipso facto proof of invidious discrimination.
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Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
Masculine critical categories stopped being applied; other, more invidious ones crept in.
—Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2021
People have a right to work, attend school, obtain loans, use public transportation, vote, and secure housing free from invidious discrimination.
—WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
There is much more to be said on backsliding, including about its invidious foreign policy consequences.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
Masculine critical categories stopped being applied; other, more invidious ones crept in.
—Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2021
People have a right to work, attend school, obtain loans, use public transportation, vote, and secure housing free from invidious discrimination.
—WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
There is much more to be said on backsliding, including about its invidious foreign policy consequences.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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“Invidious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invidious. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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