discriminating

adjective

dis·crim·i·nat·ing di-ˈskri-mə-ˌnā-tiŋ

Synonyms of discriminating next

: making a distinction : distinguishing

a discriminating mark

: marked by discrimination:

: discerning, judicious

discriminating buyers

: discriminatory

accused of discriminating practices

discriminatingly

di-ˈskri-mə-ˌnā-tiŋ-lē

adverb

Examples of discriminating in a Sentence

accused of discriminating practices in the hiring of employees a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets

Recent Examples on the Web ExhaleWell specializes in producing high-quality hemp products, and their exclusive delta-8 collection was developed especially to satisfy the discriminating tastes of its customers. —

Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2023 The editorial department of THE UNION will be carefully conducted, the news and other reading columns, also, will be gotten up with direct reference to the requirements of an intelligent and discriminating patronage. —

Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023 With each piece containing 20mg of Delta-8, this product is sure to please even the most discriminating user. —

Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2023 And Biden also approved a greater proportion of the applications submitted, suggesting that the Trump administration may have been more discriminating in deciding who gets to drill. —

Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 5 May 2023 Investors now are more discriminating. —

Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 So again, even with prompting, the habitual users were far less discriminating. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2023 In the case of LDA, a stepwise inclusion method for variable selection based on Mahalanobis distance criteria was used to select the most discriminating variables. —

Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2014 All this suggests that colleges and financial-aid programs ought to be more discriminating, yet progressives are calling for less-rigorous student vetting. —

Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 See More

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