prejudice - use in sentences

Object

  • proceeding: Recovery of an overpayment will not prejudice any criminal proceedings that may be taken by the Council in respect of fraudulent overpayments.
  • administration: Examples include some details about law enforcement, and where disclosure could prejudice the administration of justice.
  • investigation: However, in some instances obtaining consent may be difficult ( e.g. in some cases of child protection ) and may prejudice an investigation.

Converse of object

  • overcome: Often derided by lesser men, he overcame the prejudice against his social background to reach the summit of world football.
  • institutionalize: The way ahead We must guard our institutions against what can become institutionalized prejudices.
  • combat: Discuss the feelings that people would have after the war and how you must try and combat prejudice.
  • outweigh: If this is proved, whether your case outweighs this prejudice.
  • suffer: It had been accepted that the executors would not suffer prejudice in the accepted sense of the word.

Adjective modifier

  • racial: She has also done some work on national identity and racial prejudice.
  • unwitting: Organizations are required to examine all their functions and policies to determine that unwitting prejudice is not taking place.
  • deep-seated: With me it's all about deep-seated prejudices and emotional connections.
  • ingrained: Much more important than logic was his unfailing ability to appeal to deeply ingrained prejudices and beliefs.
  • unthinking: It was a horrifying demonstration of our unthinking prejudices.

Modifies a noun

  • enforcement: Information the disclosure of which would prejudice law enforcement.

Preposition: in

  • favor: Under a correct and firm party leadership this majority is ridding itself of pseudo-revolutionary prejudices in favor of genuine Communist politics.
  • workplace: More recently, she has experienced a lot of prejudice in the workplace culminating in her resignation a year ago.

Preposition: of

  • voter: Policy is calibrated around the preferences and prejudices of swing voters, not core voters who are taking the strain.

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