insidious
IPA: ɪnsˈɪdiʌs
adjective
- Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
- Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.
- (nonstandard) Treacherous.
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Examples of "insidious" in Sentences
- In my opinion, one of the more insidious is the hijacked account scam.
- Far more insidious is Lieberman, with his coprophagic grin and his profession of good will.
- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
- What makes Huffington Post more insidious is the way they can buy of dissent readily by giving an organization their own blog.
- I mean, you've got Darth Sidious (as in "insidious," I assume) and then the even-more-obviously named Darths Maul and Tyrannus.
- But I fear the most insidious is because people think that changing their lightbulbs and sorting their recyclables counts as “doing your bit”.
- The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration.
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