as in discriminatory
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people
fighting laws which were grossly discriminative
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Recent Examples of discriminative
Noting the use of generative and discriminative AI pairs, Rus also compares a generative process - writing a book - to the traditional human way that this is done.
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John Werner,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2024
In 2019, the Chinese government issued a directive banning a wide range of discriminative measures against women in the hiring process, including asking women about their marital and childbearing status.
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Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan,
CNN,
5 June 2021
In New York City, Uber ran a campaign on taxi drivers being discriminative toward people of color, leading to City Hall dropping a bill that would have capped the number of Uber drivers in 2015.
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Michelle Cheng,
Quartz,
4 Nov. 2020
Known for their hyper-selective and discriminative taste, hypebeasts search for the freshest trends—especially limited-release lifestyle products.
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Courtney Coffman,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2018
John Werner,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2024
In 2019, the Chinese government issued a directive banning a wide range of discriminative measures against women in the hiring process, including asking women about their marital and childbearing status.
—
Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan,
CNN,
5 June 2021
In New York City, Uber ran a campaign on taxi drivers being discriminative toward people of color, leading to City Hall dropping a bill that would have capped the number of Uber drivers in 2015.
—
Michelle Cheng,
Quartz,
4 Nov. 2020
Known for their hyper-selective and discriminative taste, hypebeasts search for the freshest trends—especially limited-release lifestyle products.
—
Courtney Coffman,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminative
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That includes the 2013 Supreme Court decision that allowed states and counties with a history of discriminatory voting rules to make changes without prior approval from the Department of Justice.
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The Court reaffirmed that position in a subsequent case dealing with Alabama, after a lower court had found ample evidence of deliberate racial discrimination, as opposed to the discriminatory effect of the Louisiana map.
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His conviction was overturned in 2024 when his lawyers argued the first trial was unfair when the court allowed other accusers to testify.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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“Discriminative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminative. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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