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
And in 2021 the Court required Section 2 plaintiffs challenging burdens on casting ballots to focus on discriminatory intent rather than discriminatory effect, with the result that no Section 2 challenge since then has succeeded.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Overall, Niemeyer said the ruling establishes that no practice of law should be discriminatory for or against one group of people.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The agency would have to document how Disney's diversity policies are discriminatory and present its case before an administrative law judge, said Robert Corn-Revere, chief counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit organization focused on protecting free speech.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 May 2026
That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups to exercise their political clout.
—Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Overall, Niemeyer said the ruling establishes that no practice of law should be discriminatory for or against one group of people.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The agency would have to document how Disney's diversity policies are discriminatory and present its case before an administrative law judge, said Robert Corn-Revere, chief counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit organization focused on protecting free speech.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 May 2026
That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups to exercise their political clout.
—Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
Adjective
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And disparities between a storm's classification, for example, and the actual damage on the ground could lead to unfair situations, disaster experts warn.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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How Florida’s new voting maps favor white voters Voting rights groups have criticized the new Florida maps as giving an unfair advantage to the GOP and the white communities that make up the majority of the party’s voter base.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Far from being inherently unjust, this is a real-world approach to how education should work.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Nuno’s side were deserving of a point against Arsenal and the controversial end feels unjust to their spirited performance.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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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 14 May. 2026.
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