insidiousness
noun[U]
formaluk/ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs.nəs/us/ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs.nəs/thequalityofgraduallyandsecretlycausingharm:
We mustrecognisethe insidiousness of theseracialstereotypes.
The insidiousness of thisdiseaseis that you don'tknowwho has it.
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insidious
- The firststep, he said, is torecognizethe insidiousness oftheiragenda.
- Members of thegrouptalkedabouttheirexperienceofcanceranditsinsidiousness.
- She is acommentatorwhoseesthe insidiousness of thepowerfulmininglobbyin thecountry.
Dangerous and harmful
- adverse
- adversely
- apocalyptic
- bad actor
- be murder onsomethingidiom
- destructiveness
- detrimental
- devastating
- devastatingly
- do more harm than goodidiom
- kiss of deathidiom
- malicious
- murder
- negatively
- not dosomeoneany favoursidiom
- rogue state
- suicidally
- troublesome
- unholy
- unwholesome