insidious

(eg. symbol, butterfly, vexed )

insidious /ɪn ˈsɪ di əs/ ?

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This insidious pandemic of obesity is slowly engulfing the entire world.
During his Kenyan safari, David was more terrified of small, insidious creatures like bugs, scorpions, snakes than of big cats.
This cult group, which boasts of 200 centers in 35 countries, threatens to become more and more insidious and intimidatory.

Here's what Thomas left out: The president also said in that very same speech: "But in Europe, there is an anti-Americanism that is at once casual but can also be insidious. Instead of recognizing the good that America so often does in the world,...
on Jul 9, 2010 By: Barack Obama Source: The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
"That (calorie increases) is more insidious because that's the sort if thing the average person wouldn't notice, wouldn't even think would have happened over the years," says Wansink, author of "Mindless Eating," an examination of why people...
on Feb 16, 2009 By: Brian Wansink Source: International Herald Tribune
The majority's approach, Ginsburg said, ignores "the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination."
on May 29, 2007 By: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Source: USA Today