Willy is defined by the spirit of competition and by its corollary, invidious comparison.

NEWYORKER: Lives in Limbo

Financial firms are not exactly loved by the public: foreclosing on a mortgage is far more invidious than slow service at the checkout.

ECONOMIST: Supermarket banking

And he would eliminate New York's invidious corporate alternative minimum tax--New York being one of the few states that imposes this administrative nightmare of an exaction.

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The committee's answer is that its job is not to make cross-country comparisons, which can often be invidious, but to reflect changing trends within individual countries.

ECONOMIST: Race relations

Especially invidious is the fact that inflation hits lower-income earners disproportionately hard, as they spend a higher percentage of their income on fuel, electricity and other necessities.

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Also appearing before the committee of MPs, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education David Bell said the errors made by officials had put Mr Gove in a "invidious position".

BBC: Education committee

These invidious comparisons are hardly exaggerations.

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