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 World Cup regulation is intended to deter players from concealing potentially abusive or discriminatory remarks from match officials and television cameras.
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Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
As America’s middle class underwent an unprecedented expansion, African Americans remained subject to discriminatory housing, employment, and banking practices.
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Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
In 2021, the City of Evanston launched the nation’s first municipal reparations program, an initiative intended to address the lasting impacts of historically discriminatory housing practices on Black residents living in the city.
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Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
And the discriminatory proposition that was up for referendum?
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
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Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
As America’s middle class underwent an unprecedented expansion, African Americans remained subject to discriminatory housing, employment, and banking practices.
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Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
In 2021, the City of Evanston launched the nation’s first municipal reparations program, an initiative intended to address the lasting impacts of historically discriminatory housing practices on Black residents living in the city.
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Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
And the discriminatory proposition that was up for referendum?
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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His conviction was overturned in 2024 when his lawyers argued the first trial was unfair when the court allowed other accusers to testify.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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My arrest is unjust and arbitrary.
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Too often, caricatures are deployed to justify unfair and unjust treatment.
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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.
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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.
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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