(a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whether you view the self-employed as the silent victims of our invidious jobs market or emblems of a new spirit of entrepreneurialism spreading through society, what is beyond doubt is that the ranks of those working for themselves are swelling by the day.
(2) During the trial's closing arguments Donald's lawyer, Max Blecher, accused Shelly of an "unconscionable", "devious" and "invidious" scheme to strip him of the Clippers.
(3) Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers said: "This is an invidious choice no head teacher or governor would want to make.
(4) The absence of a relationship between social class and political involvement for those individuals who confine their formal associational activity to age peers is explained by positing the existence of a generational community which insulates lower class older people from class related cross-pressures and invidious distinctions which depress political involvement in other contexts.
(5) People are placed in invidious situations, like Shtrum, cornered by Stalin.
(6) This puts schools in the invidious position of never being able to achieve what is demanded of them.
(7) If adopted, the bill will put British judges in the invidious position of adjudging certain civil claims under conditions in which one party will not be entitled to see the evidence on which the opposing party relies.
(8) This article examines the phenomenon of whistle-blowing and its antecedent dynamics, including invidious organizational tactics that are employed to silence patient advocates.
(9) "He knew that would be quite improper and invidious," said one source, but Brown made it clear he intended to become a transitional figure, and might be gone by the autumn.
(10) And that must mean leaving invidious comparisons like “Ulsterisation” to wither.
(11) So invidious are these IPPs, described as a "stain" on the criminal justice system by former justice secretary Ken Clarke, they were recently abolished.
(12) Eoin Mclennan-Murray, president of the PGA, described the sentences as a "blatant injustice", "as absolutely inhumane and unfair" and said: "Day in and day out, prison governors and their staff are placed in the invidious position of having to try and defend the indefensible."
(13) It would have been invidious to choose between them.
(14) Surely that puts the Booker judges in an invidious position.
(15) The debate can degenerate into an invidious competition over victimhood, over how many millions perished, over who suffered the most.
(16) The idea of [my ex-boyfriend] being the father of my child and having him in my life in the long term made me physically ill.” Lawyers for the mother and daughter will focus on the girl’s age and argue that “the blanket ban on abortion is particularly invidious when it comes to children who are unlikely to be able to access appropriate medical services without adult assistance.” The mother’s legal team is hoping to crowdfund the fees for the judicial review because she is not eligible for legal aid.
(17) "What an invidious situation to leave people in," he told Sky News.
(18) Andrew Jolley, a former school governor who has campaigned for greater transparency and funding for the free school meals policy, said: “Many schools now face an invidious choice: allow the education of their pupils to suffer, or comply with the new requirement to provide UIFSM.
(19) Shame is recognised by psychologists to be the most invidious social emotion.
(20) The job of delivering truthful opinions on somebody’s play, on this actor’s performance or that director’s production, is nearly always an invidious one.
Ungrateful
Definition:
(a.) Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
(a.) Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Don't be such an ungrateful bastard," God snapped.
(2) Chelsea may have been ungrateful towards Ranieri, and Juventus welcoming, but La Vecchia Signora is not a humanitarian charity.
(3) My youngest texts me to tell me that I am "an ungrateful poo" and I can see why.
(4) Karzai sounded very ungrateful, and that damaged the goodwill within the United States.” Ghani’s visit may also bring to the surface the first points of serious tension between him and the US government.
(5) Immediately a hullabaloo followed, with critics accused of being ungrateful by those in favour of what the government offered.
(6) "Gates argued to the president directly that Netanyahu is not only ungrateful, but also endangering his country by refusing to grapple with Israel's growing isolation and with the demographic challenges it faces if it keeps control of the West Bank."
(7) He is a great athlete, I’m sure he worked hard, I also heard his grades were great.” The underlying assumption – that Kaepernick was being ungrateful to white America by protesting against racism – is as troubling as it is offensive.
(8) Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, described him as the ultimate "ungrateful son" who had an "insatiable thirst for cash".
(9) Ralph Miliband's status as a refugee Levy refers to this in a way that suggests Miliband was ungrateful despite being afforded shelter from the Nazis.
(10) It would be very ungrateful to have that facility and not use it.” He has, of course, no intention of retiring.
(11) Very sick and dying patients and ungrateful, demanding patients can arouse anger and despair.
(12) Who besides Rays and Red Sox fans didn't want to see Terry Francona in the visitors dugout at Fenway Park, primed to stick it to his old bosses, ready to crush the dreams of ungrateful souls in dark offices .
(13) Adding to the insult in some German eyes is a perceived ungratefulness in Athens.
(14) Mugabe described Mujuru as “ungrateful, power-hungry, daft, corrupt, foolish, divisive and a disgrace”, and accused her of collaborating with opposition forces and white people to undermine the country’s post-independence gains.
(15) The country is ungrateful and now parliament is ungrateful.
(16) Their motivations are pure, they say, they want to paint the best and most beautiful art they can and they appear baffled that the public is so ungrateful.
(17) I sort of think the guy deserves a break …" My fellow Game of Thrones (GoT) fan merely sighs and says, with a shake of the head: "He's still an idiot, and a pretty ungrateful one at that."
(18) American rightwingers – in between calling me a "bitch" and "cunt" countless times – would have you know I'm an "Islamo-Nazi anti-speech ungrateful immigrant" incapable of appreciating the wonders of the first amendment.
(19) Protests such as these have drawn loud criticism on social media from Swedes annoyed at “ungrateful” refugees.
(20) Just as Erdoğan became all-powerful he also became personally vulnerable, battling cancer and grieving the loss of his mother who had shielded him from his frustrated and over-religious father – whose worst traits his son is now displaying as he tours Turkey to chastise his ungrateful children at a series of monster rallies: "Look what I have done for them!