ageist
Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their ageUnfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
» Say what you like about the modern stand-up scene, it's anything but ageist.
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1 sensesUnfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
Upon hearing that his employer would soon require yearly physical examinations and vision screening, my father exclaimed that the policy was ageist.
Even though she had succeeded in the phone interview, when the ageist employer learned that the candidate was only 18 years old, she became hesitant.
Examples
1 sentencesSay what you like about the modern stand-up scene, it's anything but ageist.
Translations
2 languagesForms
more ageist, most ageist| Comparative | more ageist Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ageist Lesson |
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Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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