invidious
adjective/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
/ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
(formal)- unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend somebody or make them jealous
- We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.
- It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.
- Union leaders called the new rules ‘invidious and divisive’.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInvidious is used with these nouns:- position
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin invidiosus, from invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.
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