SEGREGATIVE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

segregative

adjective

Definition of segregative

as in inequitable

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Adjective

Systemic racism, through redlining and inequitable housing policies, has also contributed to poor health outcomes among the county’s Black residents, according to Wyandotte County’s 2022 Community Health Assessment.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Neither the Yankees nor Orioles have anything left to play for in terms of game results, though canceling Sunday’s game — and thus giving the Yankees a weekend of rest — could provide an inequitable advantage going into the playoffs.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of inequitable

Adjective

And though some Palestinians were justly fighting to end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and to create an independent state, others were waging an unjust war to destroy Israel altogether.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
The fourth possibility is that Cold War II will end an unjust peace.

— David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of unjust

Adjective

The agency also raised concerns about unequal treatment in employment, while acknowledging that incomplete records limited its conclusions.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
And like many on the margins, Kanchan was proud of her right to vote — a rare equalizer in unequal India.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of unequal

Adjective

Some also called for a reform of the university admissions system, seen by many as complex and unfair.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Trump has imposed new tariffs on Brazilian goods this year, including a 25% levy on some products over what the US described as unfair trade practices.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfair

Adjective

The liberal justice took aim at the conservative majority’s rulings on the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance and partisan gerrymandering.

— Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
But critics accuse chief commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of being partisan to Prime Minister Modi's party.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of partisan

Adjective

Another 16% experienced discriminatory comments or abuse, while 10% experienced physical aggression.

— Andrew Adam Newman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of discriminatory

Adjective

Simons argued in the motion that a Snapchat photo that allegedly showed Sadowski holding two shooter bottles of liquor in his vehicle was improperly submitted and led to prejudicial evidence.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
But the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions this May and ordered a retrial, saying Colleton County’s then-clerk tainted the first trial with what the defense said was prejudicial comments to the jury.

— Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prejudicial

Adjective

More recently, the Federal Trade Commission has suggested that AI companies that steer answers toward undisclosed ideological or biased objectives might break consumer protection law.

— Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The lawsuit was triggered by Lula’s campaign, which claimed that the company owning Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp was using biased algorithms and AI restrictions to favor Bolsonaro.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

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