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insidiousin‧sid‧i‧ous /ɪnˈsɪdiəs/ adjective formal   insidiousOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin insidiosus, from insidiae ‘attack from a hiding-place’, from insidere ‘to sit on, lie in wait’, from sedere ‘to sit’ - A more insidious form of water pollution is chemicals used on farms that get into the water supply.
ADVERB► more· Pollution, though often more insidious in its effects, can cause ill-health and even permanent intellectual impairment.· Another possible risk is more insidious.· It was far worse, more insidious, more destructive.· Or was Scheck working here at something more insidious?· Technological change, however, is less blatant, more insidious, more gradual and more effective.· There is a massive sub-culture there, looking backwards and it's getting more insidious all the time.· The mental scars are more insidious.· No, the threat behind the horoscope had been deeper and more insidious than that. ► most· Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind.· Perhaps the most insidious aspect of this movie is the travelogue-porno style in which it is shot.· Ageism is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination, one which is widely accepted and rarely challenged.· That way lie new injustices and the most insidious censorship of all - self-censorship.· The third factor, hygiene, is perhaps the most insidious and difficult to control. an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm:  an insidious trend towards censorship of the press—insidiously adverb—insidiousness noun [uncountable] |