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invidiousness Definition


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invidious
adj
    1. Likely to cause envy, resentment or indignation, especially by being or seeming to be unfair.
      Thesaurus: offensive, objectionable, odious, repugnant, undesirable, hateful, obnoxious, unfair, unfavourable, discriminatory, prejudiced, bigoted, narrow-minded, biased.
Derivative: invidiously
adverb
    Derivative: invidiousness
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin invidiosus, from invidia envy.



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