discriminatory.

Treating people less favorably because of group identity or another unjustified distinction.

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Words that belong together

• discriminatory practice
• discriminatory policy

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The audit identified discriminatory hiring practices.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more discriminatory; superlative most discriminatory when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.