Translations for „invidious“ in the English » German Dictionary

in·vidi·ous [ɪnˈvɪdiəs] ADJ

1. invidious (unpleasant):

invidious

unerfreulich

invidious

unersprießlich veraltend

he considered his promotion to be an invidious honour

er betrachtete seine Beförderung als zweifelhafte Ehre

invidious incident

unangenehmer [o. unerfreulicher] Vorfall

invidious negotiations

unerfreuliche Verhandlungen

to be in an invidious position

in einer unangenehmen [o. unerfreulichen] Lage sein

invidious task

undankbare Aufgabe

2. invidious (discriminatory):

invidious

ungerecht

invidious

unfair

invidious comparison

unpassender Vergleich

3. invidious (offensive):

invidious

gehässig

invidious

boshaft

invidious remark

gehässige [o. boshafte] Bemerkung

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

invidious comparison

unpassender Vergleich

invidious task

undankbare Aufgabe

invidious negotiations

unerfreuliche Verhandlungen

invidious remark

gehässige [o. boshafte] Bemerkung

invidious incident

unangenehmer [o. unerfreulicher] Vorfall

to be in an invidious position

in einer unangenehmen [o. unerfreulichen] Lage sein

he considered his promotion to be an invidious honour

er betrachtete seine Beförderung als zweifelhafte Ehre

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

On the one hand, we have held that racial classifications are invidious and suspect.

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With such a range, it is almost invidious to single out any, but three papers seemed particularly useful.

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The commission, meanwhile, is in an invidious position.

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They believed that this classification violated the equal protection clause as irrational and invidious.

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This ability can to a large extent be explained by the consumer's need for invidious consumption for which he is willing to pay a premium.

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Sadder still when the survivors are parents: poor people left in that most awful, invidious limbo of having survived a child.

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Now on this occasion we have one member who's been put in the invidious position of having to take the life of another person.

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It puts them in an invidious position, but also it's just inappropriate to our system of government and to a non-politicised, non-political military.

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A housewife, gossiper and invidious person.

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Why the invidious distinction in favor of these 2,400 terms, and against the remaining thousands in the vocabulary?

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