insidiousness
insidiousness
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Definition(s):
- (n) subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
- (n) the quality of being designed to entrap
Usage(s):
- Instead, the focus was the insidiousness of mental illness.
- Perhaps it is the sheer insidiousness of crack, the newly popular, highly potent form of cocaine that can in short order transform the casual pleasure seeker into an addict.
- Instead, the focus was the insidiousness of mental illness.
Quotes
- "My alcoholism cost me a marriage, my family, my job and lots of friendships," Sorensen said this week. "It's not an unusual story. The insidiousness of the disease is that I sat there in jail every night for 30 nights (in 2003) saying, 'Boy,...on Jan 25, 2007 By: Lary Sorensen Source: DetNews.com
- "Microsoft completely botched UAC," Thurrott says. "It's almost criminal in its insidiousness."on May 15, 2006 By: Paul Thurrott Source: USA Today
- "If we are to optimise the most from tourism, then controlling the high level of crime is imperative. No one wants to visit a destination where their safety is at risk. You can't have a vibrant tourism industry where the insidiousness of crime...on May 11, 2006 By: Michael Lee-Chin Source: Jamaica Observer
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