Insidiousness
Pronunciation: /ˈˌɪnsɪˌdiəsˈnɛs/
Insidiousness (noun)
- The quality of being harmful in a quiet, gradual way, often without people noticing at first.
- The state of acting in a secret, indirect way that causes harm or unfair results over time.
Examples
- The insidiousness of the disease made early symptoms easy to miss.
- Her report warned about the insidiousness of the chemical leak.