discriminatory
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.
Origin of discriminatory
1Other words from discriminatory
- dis·crim·i·na·to·ri·ly, adverb
- non·dis·crim·i·na·to·ry, adjective
- un·dis·crim·i·na·to·ry, adjective
Words that may be confused with discriminatory
- discriminating, discriminatory
Words Nearby discriminatory
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How to use discriminatory in a sentence
If employers make sure these tools are not grossly discriminatory, in all likelihood they will not draw the attention of federal regulators.
Auditors are testing hiring algorithms for bias, but there’s no easy fix | Amy Nordrum | February 11, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThey say it would infringe on both First Amendment rights and the federal laws against taxing Internet companies in a discriminatory way.
Lawmakers launch override of Hogan vetoes of schools overhaul, digital ad tax | Ovetta Wiggins, Erin Cox | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThese cities have outcomes more consistent with a “pattern or practice” of discriminatory policing.
The Police Departments With The Biggest Racial Disparities In Arrests And Killings | Samuel Sinyangwe | February 4, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIn deferring to this notion of states’ rights, Lincoln also deferred to discriminatory views and practices.
Working to end slavery, Lincoln found power — and limits — in the Constitution | Elizabeth R. Varon | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostThe war on terror has been done in a way that is not only discriminatory but ineffective.
‘Everyone Thinks I’m a Terrorist’: Capitol Riot Fuels Calls for Domestic War on Terror | Simon Shuster | January 18, 2021 | Time
I am so sorry that your parents did this to you, developing their own discriminatory take on your existence.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe trouble is, this policy is both overbroad and weirdly discriminatory.
Facebook’s ‘Real Name Policy’ Is a Real Drag | Jay Michaelson | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAllen admitted that he had been worried about impersonating Walt Jr. but thought it would be discriminatory to leave him out.
“These types of discriminatory legal provisions are littered throughout the Iranian legal system,” says Sanei.
So we know that we have those obvious discriminatory laws, regulations, practices, that we still have to tackle.
discriminatory taxes, too; pinched the small landholding and industrial barons and favored a few big ones.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperThis case went to the Supreme Court which decided in 1908 that the device was unlawful and discriminatory.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThe Commission finds, from the evidence before it, that the regulation is not unjustly discriminatory.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripleydiscriminatory measures against nonconformist merchants and traders went into effect, which quickly resulted in their ruin.
Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule | VariousAfter the Armada Saltash levied an extra discriminatory five shillings upon Spanish vessels.
The Cornish Coast (South) | Charles G. Harper
British Dictionary definitions for discriminatory
discriminative (dɪˈskrɪmɪnətɪv)
/ (dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ, -trɪ) /
based on or showing prejudice; biased
capable of making fine distinctions
(of a statistical test) unbiased
Derived forms of discriminatory
- discriminatorily or discriminatively, adverb
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