1
as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
an employer who is known to be prejudiced toward graduates from Ivy League schools
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2
as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
racially prejudiced people have existed throughout recorded history
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as in biased
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
all the bad stories I had heard about the incoming CEO prejudiced me against him even before the first meeting
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Recent Examples of prejudiced
Jamie Lang, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
This is a specifically modern issue, where fan criticism stops being constructive and instead morphs into overly negative and prejudiced attacks on products, organizations, or individuals.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, founded by Kraft, says 10% of U.S. adult males are blatantly prejudiced against Jewish people and tend to be outspoken about it.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Certainly, many a prejudiced lender can hide behind this data black hole, but some more positive trends are also obscured.
—Michael Del Castillo, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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The story explores the paths to reconciliation through family and focuses on reflecting the prejudiced behaviors that still exist in small towns.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
This is a specifically modern issue, where fan criticism stops being constructive and instead morphs into overly negative and prejudiced attacks on products, organizations, or individuals.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, founded by Kraft, says 10% of U.S. adult males are blatantly prejudiced against Jewish people and tend to be outspoken about it.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Certainly, many a prejudiced lender can hide behind this data black hole, but some more positive trends are also obscured.
—Michael Del Castillo, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prejudiced
Adjective
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However, before that, on March 29, a partial solar eclipse — the sister celestial event of the total lunar eclipse — will occur and be seen from North America (though only from northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada) and Europe.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Those moves were designed to persuade him to agree to a partial truce that would then enable negotiations to halt the three-year Russian invasion.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The historically narrow majority that Republicans hold in the House of Representatives means this opposition will probably continue.—
Justin Peck / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Rubrik beat Wall Street’s expectations, posting an adjusted loss of 18 cents per share for its fourth quarter, which was narrower than the 39 cent loss expected from analysts polled by LSEG.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Amid the ongoing negotiations over a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia amid their ongoing war, Trump has spoken favorably of Putin while having a sometimes openly hostile relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Bill Belichick's 24-year-old cheerleader girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, posted a screenshot of a hostile exchange with an Instagram user who criticized the couple's relationship Friday.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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How long will this continue before reciting bigoted chants and bearing weapons becomes blocking Jews from buildings and harming Israeli students?—
Ellia M Torkian,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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The slogan put the audience in the shoes of a casually bigoted, insubordinate alcoholic who bends the NYPD’s rules in pursuit of drug runners.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Continuous bias auditing throughout AI development helps detect and correct biased outcomes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Ultimately the cause of these harms is the same: data that inadvertently produce biased outcomes.—
State Sen. James Maroney,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And yet conceding those messy parochial disputes to powers outside the university seems to some to represent no less of a crisis.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Nation-states and their parochial identities would give way to an interdependent and cosmopolitan future.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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But now Miami would have to be convinced of bringing in the 31-year-old Beal, who, by picking up his $57 million player option for 2026-27, is still owed $110 million for two seasons after this one.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Once and for all, you will be convinced that ranch and pickles are the perfect pairing.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
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Guitarist John Watson and bassist Vic Byers traded taut vocals and swaggering, distorted riffs.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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In his March 4 address to a joint session of Congress, Trump either distorted or outright lied about the facts on fraud (DOGE), immigration, aid to Ukraine, the economy, the construction of the Panama Canal, something about autism and more.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2025
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