1. ADJ
If you describe a task or job as invidious, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular.
- The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.
2. ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
An invidious comparison or choice between two things is an unfair one because the two things are very different or are equally good or bad.
- Police officers fear invidious comparisons.
... Cobuild
unpleasant, especially because it is likely to offend people or make you unpopular:
- By innocently lying to detectives, she'd put herself in an invidious position.
... Longman
- We were in the invidious position of having to choose whether to break the law or risk lives.
- It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank.
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