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
Thousands of families in the United States were impacted by the discriminatory ban.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Balochistan’s population – made up mostly of the ethnic Baloch group – is deeply disenfranchised, impoverished, and has been growing increasingly alienated from the federal government by decades of policies widely seen as discriminatory.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
From a regulatory standpoint, open-source data can enable real-time auditing and monitoring to ensure fairness and protect against discriminatory pricing methods.
—Robert Clark, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
But Maroney’s proposal, S.B. 2, is far wider-ranging, regulating the use of artificial intelligence by banks, landlords, employers and other areas where the discriminatory nature of algorithms raises concerns of fairness and privacy.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Balochistan’s population – made up mostly of the ethnic Baloch group – is deeply disenfranchised, impoverished, and has been growing increasingly alienated from the federal government by decades of policies widely seen as discriminatory.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
From a regulatory standpoint, open-source data can enable real-time auditing and monitoring to ensure fairness and protect against discriminatory pricing methods.
—Robert Clark, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
But Maroney’s proposal, S.B. 2, is far wider-ranging, regulating the use of artificial intelligence by banks, landlords, employers and other areas where the discriminatory nature of algorithms raises concerns of fairness and privacy.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the tariffs would offset unfair treatment the U.S. has faced for decades.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Still, Leavitt said the high tariffs are unfair for Americans, and the United States should charge the same, in kind.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit alleged a veritable shopping list of offenses including breach of contract, unjust enrichment, forgery and wrongful conversion of property.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Mar. 2025
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To all but the most rabid leftists, this result is grossly unjust.—
Mike Davis,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 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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There's clearly larger work to be done in the diversity & inclusion space to help reduce discriminative hiring practices.—
Lindsay Kohler,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2023
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“Discriminatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discriminatory. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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