And as Wheeling points out regarding the especially pernicious association with so-called "benefit-scroungers", this is needed as much in the developed as well as the developing world.

Hijacking the language proves especially pernicious when government officials deodorize their programs with near-Orwellian euphemism.

It was an especially pernicious form of cowardice.

This is especially pernicious in the reappointment of sitting judges, like the case at hand.

Osama bin Laden may be an especially pernicious and well-financed individual, but even he needs a place to live.

"And that is what makes genetic testing especially pernicious."

New food preferences make this heavy load of microbes especially pernicious.

Political correctness is America's newest form of intolerance, and it is especially pernicious because it comes disguised as tolerance.

Jews in Russia are victims of especially pernicious discrimination that draws upon attitudes rooted in centuries of antisemitism.

An especially pernicious trend, Mr. Lockhart contends, is the apparent intent of many financially troubled companies simply to shift their pension obligations to his agency.