invidious

Example Sentences

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“Civil rights laws should protect those who are discriminated against — not those who are engaged in invidious discrimination,” Scott said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

“Civil rights laws should protect those who are discriminated against - not those who are engaged in invidious discrimination,” Scott said in a statement.

From Washington Times

"In other words, Obergefell was read to suggest that being a public official with traditional Christian values was legally tantamount to invidious discrimination toward homosexuals."

From Fox News

On its own, a rural state bias in representation is potentially problematic but not invidious.

From Washington Post

His words echoed recent remarks from Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who fretted in a lengthy Foreign Affairs essay that Southeast Asia might face an “invidious choice” of picking between Washington- and Beijing-led blocs.

From Washington Post