: causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed
Examples of INSIDIOUS
- Most people with this insidious disease have no idea that they are infected.
- But the litigation is also prompting a subtle and insidious
change in the way that medicine is practiced, which affects anyone who
consults a health professional, even if they would not dream of setting
foot in a lawyer’s office. It is known as “defensive medicine.” —Geoff Watts, New Scientist, 23–29 Oct. 2004
- Spin is sometimes dismissed as a simple euphemism for lying. But it’s actually something more insidious: indifference to the truth. —Michael Kinsley, Time, 25 Dec. 2000–1 Jan. 2001
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