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discriminated against

adjective as in disadvantaged

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Here, we need education so Liberians are not discriminated against.

I was discriminated against around the world because I was born in the Soviet Union.

While it was clear that they were discriminated against, other Kurds explained many people thought they were devil worshippers.

In fact, Sikhs are even discriminated against when applying to join the NYPD because of their turbans and beards.

OK—for a while, but not a long one, because whites feel discriminated against.

Only in the pursuit of agriculture can the black man not complain that he is discriminated against on account of his color.

Their trade was discriminated against in the worst possible way—so they said—and they complained to the railroad.

Their slowly growing linen industry was likewise discriminated against in later years.

The trade laws of one colony frequently discriminated against its neighbors, the natural result being retaliatory legislation.

For their support we can ask no preference, but in their maintenance we can insist that they shall not be discriminated against.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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