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
But in a 7-4 vote Wednesday, most Democrats on the council's Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee rejected the fines as potentially discriminatory and predatory, particularly against lower-income households whose children face challenges that could make curfew violations more common.
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
The series points out discriminatory language in news coverage of the food and water shortages at the time.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Plaintiffs in other ongoing lawsuits against Texas congressional maps have also filed supplemental filings that argue the new maps are discriminatory as well, according to the Texas Tribune.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Others, meanwhile, said the policy was discriminatory against larger passengers who simply want to travel in relative comfort.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
The series points out discriminatory language in news coverage of the food and water shortages at the time.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Plaintiffs in other ongoing lawsuits against Texas congressional maps have also filed supplemental filings that argue the new maps are discriminatory as well, according to the Texas Tribune.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Others, meanwhile, said the policy was discriminatory against larger passengers who simply want to travel in relative comfort.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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Asking them to police a city is unfair — to them, and to the people they’re supposed to serve.—
Eric Chastain,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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There’s a dip after that — but this, of course, is a bit unfair as the players of this generation are continuing to pick up caps.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The lawsuit accuses Facebook's parent company, Meta, of negligence and breach of contract after continuously deactiving his commercial account for unjust and improper reasons.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
6 Sep. 2025
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Which land’s unjust deeds does one examine?—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
5 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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