A person who is prejudiced against someone has an unreasonable dislike of them. A person who is prejudiced in favour of someone has an unreasonable preference for them.
Some landlords and landladies are racially prejudiced.
I like to think I'm not prejudiced.
Synonyms: biased, influenced, unfair, one-sided More Synonyms of prejudiced
prejudiced in British English
(ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst)
adjective
1.
having an opinion formed beforehand, esp an unfavourable one based on inadequate facts
He has a very prejudiced view of life in Britain.
People were prejudiced against Deirdre before they had even met her.
They think employment legislation is prejudiced in favour of minorities.
2.
intolerant of or disliking people of a specific race, religion, etc
I'm not prejudiced.
Some landlords are racially prejudiced.
He was also prejudiced against Jews.
Examples of 'prejudiced' in a sentence
prejudiced
`What you're really saying is I'm too partial and prejudiced to be allowed near him.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
Or be prejudiced about her motives, either, before they were fully explained.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2001)
But was he the most obvious, or was I prejudiced because I didn't much like him?
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2001)
In other languages
prejudiced
British English: prejudiced /ˈprɛdʒʊdɪst/ ADJECTIVE
If someone is prejudiced against a particular group, they have an unreasonable dislike of them.
She was prejudiced against men in general.
American English: prejudiced
Arabic: مُتَحَامِل
Brazilian Portuguese: preconceituoso
Chinese: 怀偏见的
Croatian: pun predrasuda
Czech: předpojatý
Danish: fordomsfuld
Dutch: bevooroordeeld
European Spanish: tener prejuicios
Finnish: ennakkoluuloinen
French: partial
German: voreingenommen
Greek: προκατειλημμένος
Italian: prevenuto
Japanese: 偏見をもった
Korean: 편견을 가진
Norwegian: forutinntatt
Polish: uprzedzony
European Portuguese: preconceituoso
Romanian: cu idei preconcepute
Russian: предвзятый
Latin American Spanish: predispuesto
Swedish: fördomsfull
Thai: มีอคติ
Turkish: önyargılı
Ukrainian: упереджений
Vietnamese: có thành kiến
Chinese translation of 'prejudiced'
prejudiced
(ˈprɛdʒudɪst)
adj
(= biased)
[person]有偏见(見)的 (yǒu piānjiàn de)
[view, opinion, information]偏颇(頗)的 (piānpō de)
to be prejudiced in favour of sb/sth偏向于(於)某人/某事 (piānxiàng yú mǒurén/mǒushì)
to be prejudiced against sb/sth对(對)某人/某事存有偏见(見) (duì mǒurén/mǒushì cún yǒu piānjiàn)