nondiscriminatory

adjective

non·​dis·​crim·​i·​na·​tory ˌnän-dis-ˈkri-mə-nə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce nondiscriminatory (audio)
-ˈkrim-nə-
: not discriminatory : fair, equitable
nondiscriminatory mortgage lending
If good credit risks are being denied credit because of discrimination, why don't nondiscriminatory lenders enter these mortgage markets and profitably end redlining ?Leonard I. Nakamura

Examples of nondiscriminatory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The new rules also require Google to treat search results for services similar to Google Hotels, Google Flights, and Google Shopping in a fair, transparent, and nondiscriminatory manner. Paresh Dave, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024 Employers should utilize nondiscriminatory criteria when conducting layoffs, considering factors like seniority, job skills, and performance. Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024 Meanwhile, in Montana, lawyers for the state attorney general’s office continued their struggle on Monday to defend a vague, broad drag ban as nondiscriminatory. Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2023 Not only is this employee resource group about making sure that our employees have an inclusive environment, to come to work and to be themselves, but this employee resource group plays an active role in that mission of affordability and nondiscriminatory access to housing for all. Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021 Last month, 545 current NCAA athletes signed a letter to Emmert and the NCAA Board of Governors asking the organization to reaffirm its nondiscriminatory policies and refuse to host championship events in states where transgender athletes are banned from competition. Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2021 Perhaps learning from the more turbulent licensing of its predecessor H.265 (HEVC), the Fraunhofer Institute, which is licensing the technology, now takes a uniform and transparent licensing model based on the FRAND principle (fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory). Jason Schmitt, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2020 The state’s current equal pay laws prohibit employers from paying an employee a higher rate than a coworker for similar work unless the pay disparity is justified by nondiscriminatory factors such as seniority, education, training or experience. oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023 And the United Nations has issued guidelines for nondiscriminatory communications in the six official languages of the organization: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nondiscriminatory was in 1893

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“Nondiscriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nondiscriminatory. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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