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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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Invest early, discriminately, and prudently, so that we can guarantee that our ultimate investors, the American taxpayers, will continue to reap a meaningful return on their investment in the most productive government in the world.
For these students, the ability to absorb a variety of information resources and use them discriminately in the quest for new knowledge and information will require interactive instruction from academic librarians and faculty.
By analyzing descriptions of the potential operating environment and by applying the SOF imperatives--understand the environment, engage the threat discriminately, apply capabilities indirectly, develop multiple options, and anticipate and control psychological effects--we can begin to identify potential ARSOF roles and missions that may be relevant in the future.
 
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