discriminatory manner

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discriminatory
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskrɪm.ɪ.nə.tər.i/us
/dɪˈskrɪm.ə.nə.tɔːr.i/
treating a person or group differently from and usually worse than other people, because of their race, gender, ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofdiscriminatoryandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is already possible to bring disciplinary proceedings against a member of staff who behaves in a racially prejudiced ordiscriminatorymanner.
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It is necessary that required specifications are not used in a potentiallydiscriminatorymanner.
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It is necessary that required specifications are not used in a potentiallydiscriminatorymanner.
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It is already possible to bring disciplinary proceedings against a member of staff who behaves in a racially prejudiced ordiscriminatorymanner.
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Let us just assume that the negotiations that have taken place this week were conducted by one side in an unfair anddiscriminatorymanner.
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Post-entry controls work in an unfair anddiscriminatorymanner.
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For example, part-time students are treated differently, and students in further education are treated in a totally unfair anddiscriminatorymanner.
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If anything like that is done it should be done generally and not in an arbitrary anddiscriminatorymanner.
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This procedure will act as a check on any tendency to use the power in a random ordiscriminatorymanner.
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It will significantly improve the ability of members of the public to hold to account public authorities that act in a raciallydiscriminatorymanner.
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This criticism objects not to the principle of raising overseas students' fees, but only to the fact that it was done in an allegedlydiscriminatorymanner.
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Many of these associations were viewed as unaccountable to their members and some were accused of operating in a raciallydiscriminatorymanner.
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Excise taxes are applied in a highlydiscriminatorymannerto protect locally produced goods.
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