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discriminating
adjective dis·crim·i·nat·ing
: liking only things that are of good quality : able to recognize the difference between things that are of good quality and those that are not
Full Definition of DISCRIMINATING
1
: making a distinction : distinguishing <a discriminating mark>
2
: marked by discrimination: a : discerning, judicious <discriminating buyers> b : discriminatory <accused of discriminating practices>
— dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly \-ˌnā-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of DISCRIMINATING
1647
Related to DISCRIMINATING
- Synonyms
- differential, discriminatory, discriminational, discriminative
- Antonyms
- nondiscriminatory
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