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
Calderon allegedly told Robinson that reporting discriminatory treatment would harm his career at the department and the director refused to file a formal complaint.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The majority, as is typical in emergency or shadow docket decisions, provided no explanation for its order overturning a district court ruling that had blocked ICE’s immigration dragnets in Los Angeles as racially discriminatory.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Advertisement During a time when Black people in the South were disenfranchised by white supremacist violence, poll taxes, literacy tests, and other discriminatory tactics, McKinley implored African Americans to resist at every turn.
—Time, 22 Sep. 2025
The Civil Rights Council focuses on whether those systems produce discriminatory effects.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The majority, as is typical in emergency or shadow docket decisions, provided no explanation for its order overturning a district court ruling that had blocked ICE’s immigration dragnets in Los Angeles as racially discriminatory.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Advertisement During a time when Black people in the South were disenfranchised by white supremacist violence, poll taxes, literacy tests, and other discriminatory tactics, McKinley implored African Americans to resist at every turn.
—Time, 22 Sep. 2025
The Civil Rights Council focuses on whether those systems produce discriminatory effects.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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Any employer in a joint-employer relationship can be deemed liable for an unfair labor practice or other unlawful acts.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The athletes asked the state to amend regulations to keep biological males from joining girls’ teams or using female locker rooms, saying the lack of clear rules was unfair and unsafe.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Oct. 2025
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But the way Arsenal snatched victory (and then a point) from Newcastle United late on at St James’ Park on Sunday did not feel unjust given the balance of play.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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What was done to you was unjust, unfair, racist and wrong.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
23 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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