1
as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another
an employer who is known to be prejudiced toward graduates from Ivy League schools
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2
as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
racially prejudiced people have existed throughout recorded history
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as in biased
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
all the bad stories I had heard about the incoming CEO prejudiced me against him even before the first meeting
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Recent Examples of prejudiced
Vasyl Rakivnenko, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
This idea that Democrats are retrograde and prejudiced has been pervasive here, not just in Junior’s speech.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
But when canvassers showed interest in understanding voters and asked them to share their perspectives, voters’ prejudiced views diminished for at least four months following the conversation.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Some of the images shared by social media users were openly prejudiced, showing Black people chasing after cats.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
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In essence, bias occurs when an algorithm systematically produces unfair or prejudiced outcomes.
—Vasyl Rakivnenko, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
This idea that Democrats are retrograde and prejudiced has been pervasive here, not just in Junior’s speech.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
But when canvassers showed interest in understanding voters and asked them to share their perspectives, voters’ prejudiced views diminished for at least four months following the conversation.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Some of the images shared by social media users were openly prejudiced, showing Black people chasing after cats.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
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Two more partial skulls, one in New Zealand and one in Chile, later enabled scientists to confirm a brand-new species.Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Joining the fray for at least partial ownership of the contracts is the public, nonprofit Jackie Robinson Foundation, launched in 1973 by Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, to perpetuate the memory of her husband.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Trading Range for the 10-Year Treasury Yield For all the recent commotion, the 10-year Treasury yield bounces between 3.3% and 5%, with an even narrower 3.6% to 4.7% range recently.Brett Owens, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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In story mode, there are a few other people to find on the island, some of whom will be helpful and others hostile.Jason Bennett, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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In June, a former employee sued Neuralink and accused it of hosting a discriminatory and hostile work environment, claiming that they had not been given proper protective gear while working with the monkeys.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2024
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Perry none too subtly reminds that such a relationship was hardly welcomed in 1940s small-town America, as sniping from their bigoted blond classmate Mary Kathryn (Sarah Helbringer) makes clear.Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Many Democrats have abandoned hope in favor of cynicism: deciding that most of the voting public are selfish, bigoted enemies of democracy.Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
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Since standardized testing tends to produce biased results, companies that use aptitude tests to screen out candidates may be creating unintentional liabilities as well as one-dimensional applicant profiles.Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Although the sample was potentially biased because families of players with symptoms were more likely to participate in the program, the results strongly link CTE to football head trauma.Beryl Rosenstein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
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But these conservationists were not always taken seriously by professional ornithologists, who often viewed them as parochial animal lovers and laughed at their efforts.Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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There are literally thousands of other Americans worldwide who have dedicated their lives in similar ways to causes that are more consequential than parochial nationalism.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Westwood convinced the second teenager to undress for a Greek mythology scene.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Her ultimate goal is to be part of the Taylor Swift musical all Swifties are convinced is coming soon.Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Some fans say folk purists were booing because Dylan was playing electric, while others say the ruckus was merely over the distorted sound.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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The clip, with its booming, distorted bass, went viral and quickly racked up almost 9 million uses on the platform.Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Prejudiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudiced. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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