SEGREGATIVE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

segregative

adjective

Definition of segregative

as in inequitable

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Adjective

Systemic racism, through redlining and inequitable housing policies, has also contributed to poor health outcomes among the county’s Black residents, according to Wyandotte County’s 2022 Community Health Assessment.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
Neither the Yankees nor Orioles have anything left to play for in terms of game results, though canceling Sunday’s game — and thus giving the Yankees a weekend of rest — could provide an inequitable advantage going into the playoffs.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of inequitable

Adjective

Kosovo has criticized the verdicts as unjust, maintaining that the KLA, which Thaci had led before entering politics, fought against Serbian oppression.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
If the act is a cruel and unjust law, stealing from working Americans in order to feed the insatiable greed of the billionaire class, what can can average Americans do about it?

— Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of unjust

Adjective

While the same anthropologists also emphasize that some hunter-gatherers are very unequal and that equality takes deliberate effort, the prevailing impression is that equality characterizes hunter-gatherers, past and present.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
Jay Caspian Kang argues that personalizing the problem of an unequal school system is the wrong approach.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of unequal

Adjective

Kretzschmar and his lawyers, however, argued in state court in Tompkins County that the process was fundamentally unfair, including because he was found responsible for an offense that was not listed in his initial set of administrative charges.

— Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
In October 2025, Jean-Louis filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Monét alleging breach of contract and unfair competition.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfair

Adjective

More than two-thirds of people currently in immigration detention centers have not been convicted of a crime, according to multiple non-partisan organizations.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Unfortunately, despite a vast expansion of executive branch authority, Congress seems prepared to let partisan advantage trump comity, cooperation and the public’s right to know.

— David Wippman, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of partisan

Adjective

To the broadcast crews, the fans were guilty until proven innocent, helping perpetuate the unfounded label that Fever fans were hateful, unruly and even discriminatory.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Following that ruling, Alabama reinstated its 2023 congressional map, which federal courts had previously found discriminatory against Black Alabamians.

— Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of discriminatory

Adjective

Simons argued in the motion that a Snapchat photo that allegedly showed Sadowski holding two shooter bottles of liquor in his vehicle was improperly submitted and led to prejudicial evidence.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
But the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions this May and ordered a retrial, saying Colleton County’s then-clerk tainted the first trial with what the defense said was prejudicial comments to the jury.

— Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prejudicial

Adjective

If these are fragmented, biased or outdated, greater intelligence may simply scale poor judgment faster.

— Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The whole program was abandoned in 2025, with Meta claiming that expert judgments had come to be experienced as biased censorship.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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