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
Likewise, the European Union’s recognition of LGBTQ rights enabled activists in Hungary and Poland to call on the European Commission to penalize their governments for adopting discriminatory measures.
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Ari Shaw, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
That doesn't have to prove intent; rather, just the result of a law or policy or map being discriminatory.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Since the 1950s, Congress has removed some of this sprawling federal law’s most discriminatory features, such as racist national origins quotas.
—Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
Paramount also eliminated its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to align with the Trump administration's view that such affirmative action policies are discriminatory.
—USA Today, 25 July 2025
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Ari Shaw, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
That doesn't have to prove intent; rather, just the result of a law or policy or map being discriminatory.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Since the 1950s, Congress has removed some of this sprawling federal law’s most discriminatory features, such as racist national origins quotas.
—Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
Paramount also eliminated its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to align with the Trump administration's view that such affirmative action policies are discriminatory.
—USA Today, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
Adjective
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Union employees at Stillwater Medical Group have reached a tentative agreement with HealthPartners, just two days after voting to authorize another unfair labor practices strike.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2025
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Utility commissioners ruled in favor of power companies, which argued that older versions of the program created an unfair cost burden on customers.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Fiction itself is utopian, too, a space where the unjust logic of inheritance and privilege can be questioned, rearranged or reversed.—
Nell Stevens
August 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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Due process El Centro, a nonprofit that serves Hispanic families in the Kansas City area, condemned the Kansas raids as unjust and dehumanizing.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
2 Aug. 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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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
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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