Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state
than any prosperous man.
Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful;
as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to
any one of the Grecian heroes.
Broome.
-- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.
{ In*vig"i*lance (?), In*vig"i*lan*cy (?), } n. [in- not + vigilance:
cf. OF. invigilance.] Want of vigilance; neglect of watching;
carelessness.
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