invidious
/in-VID-ee-us/adjectivelikely to arouse resentment; unfairly discriminating
“Ranking friends' work puts you in an invidious position.”
- Synonyms
- unenviable, resentment-provoking, unfair
- Memory hook
- invidia (envy): a task that breeds ill will.
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