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discriminate
(redirected from discriminately)

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discriminate against someone or something
to single out a type of person or thing for special negative treatment or denial of equal treatment; to act in a prejudicial manner against someone or something. This law discriminates against short people. You discriminate against people in wheelchairs.
See also: against

discriminate between

someone and someone else or something and something else to distinguish between people or between things. I find it hard these days to discriminate between my friends and my enemies. Can you discriminate between this shade of pink and that one?


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It is not the issue of any nation, area and province but of whole country, he pointed out, adding, it is said that operation is not against the Mehsud people but we are being treated discriminately and wherever we go, we are being watched with suspicion and urged the government to change this policy.
It is not the issue of any nation, area and province but of whole country, he pointed out, adding, it is said that operation is not against the Mehsud people but we are being treated discriminately and wherever we go, we are being watched with suspicion and urged the government to change this policy.
May you listen discriminately to your God, testing the validity of the transmissions, and heeding not His calls to vengeance.
 
 
 
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