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invidious comparison

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meanings of invidiousand comparison


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invidious
adjective
uk /ɪnˈvɪd.i.əs/ us /ɪnˈvɪd.i.əs/
likely to cause unhappiness or be unpleasant, especially because it ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk /kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/ us /kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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Examples of invidious comparison


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If the invidiouscomparison with and distinction from the other is implicit, it is nevertheless real.
The efficiency of every person's work is nearly always a matter of invidiouscomparison.
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The other standards set up would make an invidiouscomparison between the two countries.
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I make no invidiouscomparison; this is that sort of country in regard to this kind of question.
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The table provided a rather invidiouscomparison with the very poor record of the industry when it was under national control in 1985.
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If that is the case, is it not a very invidiouscomparison?
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I would not draw such an invidiouscomparison, but the other place has gone totally against the central element in clause 1.
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On the one hand, it is claimed that it avoids invidiouscomparison, engenders a corporate feeling in a school, and helps individuals to achieve a sense of identity.
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It does not require that we should make an invidiouscomparison between one citizen and another to say that justice cannot be done for one small group, however deserving.
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It means there is a great deal of leeway for the local authority to put the categories together, so there is no invidiouscomparison one with the other.
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As there is a prohibition on the use of domestic grates that emit smoke, there will be an invidiouscomparison between the householder and the industrialist.
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I do not wish to make any invidious comparisons.
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It challenged us to dare to make invidious comparisons between the sufferers of different conditions and different diseases.
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Invidious comparisons can be and have been made.
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I am not saying that to make invidious comparisons but to drive home the point that legislation is not the answer.
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It makes for disharmony, for invidious comparisons and for frustration and resentment.
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Any attempt is bound to raise invidious comparisons between the value of different contributions to the war effort.
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Rather than invidious comparisons between nations, we should allow them to do that.
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I do not want to draw invidious comparisons between the profession of teaching and that of any other profession or occupation.
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I was not of course seeking to make any invidious comparisons of the private and public sectors.
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