discriminately
- adverb
- /dɪsˈkrɪməˌneɪtli/
- Offensive
:
de manera discriminatoria
- The charity's funding was discriminately directed towards specific communities, neglecting others in need.
Examples
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Many felt that the school discriminately disciplined students based on their backgrounds, creating a sense of injustice.
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He moved away from attacking criminals who had evaded the legal system and began to strike back at the criminal element less discriminately.
Academic text (2014) -
"Though they are and were basically enduring a terrible civil war, it was much less violent before we came, and fewer civilians were dying because our weapons are so much more deadly and our military fires much less discriminately than Iraqis do."
Blog text (30) -
The new policy discriminately favors certain applicants over others, leading to claims of unfairness.
Synonyms
85
1.8
In a way that treats people or things differently and not right
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8.2
In a way that harms someone or gives them less chance of success
In an unfair way that treats some groups worse than others
In a way that affects people and places unequally
Antonyms
How Discriminatory
- Formal
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8.2
- Offensive
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1.8
4
4.3
100
1.0
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4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
discriminately = discriminate (transparent) = discriminate + ly
Adverb formed by adding '-ly' to the verb 'discriminate'; the meaning 'in a discriminatory/unfair way' directly follows from the verb's social sense.
Etymology
Discriminately comes from the same idea of 'separating' or 'choosing between' things. A helpful way to remember the bad sense is to think of separate people — acting discriminately can mean treating groups differently or unfairly.