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
That statement had its own discriminatory ring.
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026
The business owners argue that they’ve been denied leases in Westport for racially discriminatory reasons under the guise of improving public safety.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
The Mexican league now has a facial ID recognition system that facilitates the identification of people who use discriminatory language.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 June 2026
In 2023, the International Federation for Human Rights based in France submitted a petition to the United Nations alleging numerous violations of human rights and due process, including the lack of a legal basis for the arrests and discriminatory treatment.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 15 June 2026
The business owners argue that they’ve been denied leases in Westport for racially discriminatory reasons under the guise of improving public safety.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
The Mexican league now has a facial ID recognition system that facilitates the identification of people who use discriminatory language.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 June 2026
In 2023, the International Federation for Human Rights based in France submitted a petition to the United Nations alleging numerous violations of human rights and due process, including the lack of a legal basis for the arrests and discriminatory treatment.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
Adjective
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Obama's tan suit moment has persisted for his supporters as an example of unfair criticism, but nearly a decade later, the suit has become an iconic piece of fashion within itself.—
Morgan Evans,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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The Harris Poll defined a toxic boss as someone who exhibits harmful workplace behaviors, including unfair preferential treatment, blame-shifting, unnecessary micromanagement, taking credit for others’ ideas and acting unprofessionally.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Learning about Morgan’s unjust incarceration through their correspondence with him, the students would play a key role in the campaign that successfully freed him from prison.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Yet every era also runs the risk of creating an inhumane and more unjust world.—
Pope Leo XIV,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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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 24 Jun. 2026.
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