invidious
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Sir Andy Cooke, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said current legislation places police in an "invidious position" with "discretion and common sense" not always prevailing.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
Sotomayor explained that existing statutes apply whether or not officials show “any invidious animus or purpose.”
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2025
His office also told the BBC "it was an invidious situation that Stephen Cottrell lived with every day that he was Bishop of Chelmsford until he was able to take action."
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025
Schools create stress over academic performance, pressure students to fit into normative gender roles, force invidious social comparisons on children, and conjure up feelings of failure and shame and humiliation over academic failure.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023
Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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