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
This includes organizations that provide support for undocumented immigrants, children who seek medical gender transitions, or for speech the administration deems to support terrorist, violent or discriminatory ideas.
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Jennifer L. Steele, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
The Special Olympics has been fighting against the discriminatory use of the word since the term’s early days as an insult.
—Kate Reilly, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.
—Andrew Quinio, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
County officials have said in the past that to deny an airline’s contract could be considered discriminatory by the Federal Aviation Administration, which provides more than 90% of the funding for capital improvements at the county’s airports.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer L. Steele, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
The Special Olympics has been fighting against the discriminatory use of the word since the term’s early days as an insult.
—Kate Reilly, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.
—Andrew Quinio, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
County officials have said in the past that to deny an airline’s contract could be considered discriminatory by the Federal Aviation Administration, which provides more than 90% of the funding for capital improvements at the county’s airports.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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As a result, the tippee has an unfair advantage as measured against the other participants in the capital markets, who do not have access to this material nonpublic information.—
Samidh Guha,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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In the meantime, the day-to-day work is on us—looking at our money honestly, making strategic moves, and refusing to let an unfair system keep us from building something better for ourselves and the next generation.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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Internet Money is seeking millions in damages on causes including breach of contract, accounting, fraudulent inducement, unjust enrichment and more.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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My heroes are leaders who have spent their lives nonviolently resisting corrupt, cruel, unjust and violent regimes.—
Michael Shank,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 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 15 Nov. 2025.
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