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
This bureau administers the Global Equality Fund, one of the largest funders of LGBTQ rights advocacy worldwide, and works with U.S. embassies to bring concerns about discriminatory laws or violence to the attention of foreign governments.
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Ari Shaw, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
So this section 899 provision would've imposed major tax penalties on individuals and businesses based in foreign countries that were deemed by the United States to subject U.S. companies to discriminatory taxes.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
There were five courageous families from Orange County … who all challenged the discriminatory practice of separating children into Mexican schools and white schools.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
Ensuring ethical autonomy remains a key challenge, as biases in training data can lead to discriminatory outcomes even without explicit malicious intent.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Ari Shaw, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
So this section 899 provision would've imposed major tax penalties on individuals and businesses based in foreign countries that were deemed by the United States to subject U.S. companies to discriminatory taxes.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
There were five courageous families from Orange County … who all challenged the discriminatory practice of separating children into Mexican schools and white schools.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
Ensuring ethical autonomy remains a key challenge, as biases in training data can lead to discriminatory outcomes even without explicit malicious intent.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discriminatory
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Property managers find fault with the current program Some property managers have raised concerns about the way the program works, claiming its requirements are unfair to responsible property owners and managers who are actively trying to remedy maintenance issues, particularly in older buildings.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Israel also faces prejudice and unfair expectations that would not be faced by many other countries in such circumstances.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2025
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The argument has been made that the application of the death penalty represents the legitimate self-defense of society from an unjust aggressor — that is, the murderer.—
Thomas Wenski,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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On the back of their most successful Premier League season, this outcome threatens to overshadow their outstanding achievement and the joy that came with it in the most unjust manner.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
11 July 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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