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discriminating
[dih-skrim-uh-ney-ting]
adjective
able to distinguish differences or distinctions; differentiating; analytic.
noting differences or distinctions with nicety; discerning; perspicacious.
a discriminating interpreter of events.
having excellent taste or judgment.
a discriminating interior designer.
differential, as a tariff.
possessing distinctive features; capable of being differentiated; discriminative.
discriminating
/ dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪtɪŋ /
adjective
able to see fine distinctions and differences
discerning in matters of taste
(of a tariff, import duty, etc) levied at differential rates in order to favour or discourage imports or exports
Other Word Forms
- discriminatingly adverb
- half-discriminating adjective
- half-discriminatingly adverb
- nondiscriminating adjective
- nondiscriminatingly adverb
- overdiscriminating adjective
- overdiscriminatingly adverb
- quasi-discriminating adjective
- quasi-discriminatingly adverb
- undiscriminating adjective
- undiscriminatingly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of discriminating1
Example Sentences
Although parties of the right often are the beneficiaries, voters aren’t always discriminating when they choose between one political sledgehammer or another.
They also reinforce Chief Justice John Roberts’s observation that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has terminated a consent order that prohibited Citibank from discriminating against its Armenian American customers.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135 said in a statement that Stater Bros. broke “the law by surveilling, interrogating and discriminating against union members.”
The administration alleges that state officials are violating federal civil rights law by discriminating against women, a legal action that threatens billions of dollars in federal education funds.
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