1.
If you describe a task or job as ~, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular.
The local authority could find itself in the ~ position of having to refuse.
ADJ
2.
An ~ comparison or choice between two things is an unfair one because the two things are very different or are equally good or bad.
Police officers fear ~ comparisons...
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf