as in unfair
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people
a company that was fined for its discriminatory practices in the hiring of women
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Recent Examples of discriminatory
The agreement also includes an injunction preventing the union from enforcing the collective bargaining agreement between the union and the district on the basis of race and from retaliating against anyone who opposed any discriminatory practices or participated in any related investigation.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
That was when rioters trashed and toppled Confederate statues and other symbols deemed racist and discriminatory.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Claims that these maps, which establish four new majority-Hispanic districts, are discriminatory are absurd.
—Andrew Stanton
mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Technologies that enable mass surveillance, profiling, or discriminatory outcomes will fail the test, regardless of whether an individual consents.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
That was when rioters trashed and toppled Confederate statues and other symbols deemed racist and discriminatory.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Claims that these maps, which establish four new majority-Hispanic districts, are discriminatory are absurd.
—Andrew Stanton
mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Technologies that enable mass surveillance, profiling, or discriminatory outcomes will fail the test, regardless of whether an individual consents.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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Sadly, because of these two, all the sisters were tarred with the same brush, which is most unfair.—
Mimi Pond,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The union argued that Levine Cava’s plan to shift the $28 million expense to the Fire Rescue Department was unfair because that agency is funded solely with a special tax only paid by owners of property located outside of Miami and the other cities that have their own fire departments.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Liu has been quite outspoken in recent years, calling out the unjust treatment of women and the paucity of roles for non-white actors in Hollywood, and advocating for the rights of children through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among other relevant topics.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith is suing a Southlake businessman and Traders Domain FX for fraud, unjust enrichment and conspiracy, according to a lawsuit filed in Dallas County.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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