invidious

There is no privileged language in which to state invidious distinctions between true and false language.

She was an acquaintance of a well-known action star and used him as the basis for her invidious comparisons.

Well, I had to look up mendacious and invidious, but I believe you're claiming they're lying to provoke an angry reaction.

Sit by while people now start making invidious comparisons of their activities with, say, the increasingly notorious Groupon venture?

Which many are finding invidious because they can't afford the replacement policies that are initially offered by their existing insurers.

"According to our findings, passive following triggers invidious emotions, with users mainly envying happiness of others, the way others spend their vacations; and socialize.

"The Royal Navy argued that its officers could be trusted and: 'It would be invidious to suggest... that senior Service officers may, in difficult circumstances, act in defiance of their clear orders.

"The case the administration is making is that these old plans had invidious characteristics such as lifetime spending limits and missing "essential" no-deductible coverage for preventative services and birth control.

The case the administration is making is that these old plans had invidious characteristics such as lifetime spending limits and missing "essential" no-deductible coverage for preventative services and birth control.

Masquerading as a selfless company innocently trying to connect people, Facebook continues to shove invidious technologies down our throats for one reason only: $$$.That said, I truly hope that its FTC settlement portends a turning point for the social web.

Without said invidious discrimination women - biologically, neurologically, hormonally, genetically different women - would have been tearing it up on the math tip at the same rate.

And in any case, not all literary criticism in the academy is "postmodern" in the invidious sense.>Instead, I think the phrase ["critical literary analysis"] is being used here as a term of the art,There is no such term of art, as a quick google scholar search would tell you, so I see no reason not to interpret the OP literally.