Definition
1 : tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy2 a : unpleasant, objectionable, or obnoxious
b : of a kind to cause harm or resentment
Examples
"Consider the intimate and curious acquaintance one makes with various kinds of weeds … disturbing their delicate organizations so ruthlessly, and making such invidious distinctions with his hoe, levelling whole ranks of one species, and sedulously cultivating another." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854"Organizations that practice invidious discrimination detract from social justice. Whatever benefits they may have (of tradition, solidarity, community and self-expression) are undercut by the unpleasantness of treating people differently on the basis of arbitrary characteristics." — Noah Feldman, The Contra Costa (California) Times, 28 Jan. 2015
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