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discriminatory

/dih-skrim-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // dɪˈskrɪm ə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ, -trɪ) //

歧视性的,歧视性,具有歧视性,歧视

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing;a discriminatory tax.
    • : discriminative.

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Examples

  • If employers make sure these tools are not grossly discriminatory, in all likelihood they will not draw the attention of federal regulators.

  • They say it would infringe on both First Amendment rights and the federal laws against taxing Internet companies in a discriminatory way.

  • These cities have outcomes more consistent with a “pattern or practice” of discriminatory policing.

  • In deferring to this notion of states’ rights, Lincoln also deferred to discriminatory views and practices.

  • The war on terror has been done in a way that is not only discriminatory but ineffective.

  • I am so sorry that your parents did this to you, developing their own discriminatory take on your existence.

  • The trouble is, this policy is both overbroad and weirdly discriminatory.

  • Allen 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.

  • This case went to the Supreme Court which decided in 1908 that the device was unlawful and discriminatory.

  • The Commission finds, from the evidence before it, that the regulation is not unjustly discriminatory.

  • Discriminatory measures against nonconformist merchants and traders went into effect, which quickly resulted in their ruin.

  • After the Armada Saltash levied an extra discriminatory five shillings upon Spanish vessels.