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discriminatory
[ dih-skrim-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, race, skin color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, etc.:
Discriminatory practices in housing historically led to racially segregated neighborhoods.
They passed a discriminatory tax mainly impacting immigrants to the country.
discriminatory
/ -trɪ; dɪˈskrɪmɪnətɪv; dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ /
adjective
- based on or showing prejudice; biased
- capable of making fine distinctions
- (of a statistical test) unbiased
Derived Forms
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of discriminatory1
Example Sentences
In early February, Trump’s appointees at the Education Department reviewed pending grants aiming to end funding for “discriminatory practices, including in the form of DEI,†or diversity, equity and inclusion.
But Nan Zhong alleges in the lawsuit that a high percentage of Asian Americans enrolled doesn’t prove the colleges aren’t using discriminatory practices.
They claim the policy is incompatible with human rights law and is discriminatory.
In front of a packed court room, with headteachers and students in school uniforms listening from the public gallery, Lord David Pannick KC, argued the policy is discriminatory.
In the words of the ACLU, the program amounted to “a discriminatory policy that ran counter to the fundamental American values of fairness and equal protection.â€
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