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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. John Werner, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 There's clearly larger work to be done in the diversity & inclusion space to help reduce discriminative hiring practices. Lindsay Kohler, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023 Asking certain questions can come off as offensive or discriminative (e.g., questions about family orientation, age, physical attributes, etc.). Imani Carroll, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022 While the goal has been to automate tasks critical to containing the spread of Covid-19, many accuse the apps of being intrusive, discriminative, unsafe and ineffective. Alexey Shliakhouski, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021 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 Health care data science firm Cogitativo analyzed thousands of health insurance claims and local demographics in California to assess the most predictive and discriminative factors leading to poor outcomes following Covid-19 infection. Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 25 Feb. 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
Adjective
  • While laws prohibit discriminatory termination, at-will employment provides a convenient mask.
    Sherry Martin, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But because of their Palestinian identity, they are confined to second-class citizenship by laws enshrining the country’s Jewish character and by discriminatory practices intended to prevent them from achieving equality with Jewish Israelis.
    Asad Ghanem, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The independent agency is in charge of investigating and adjudicating complaints about unfair labor practices and protecting U.S. workers' rights to form unions.
    Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • OpenAI filed a countersuit earlier this month accusing Musk of unfair competition.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Discriminative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminative. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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