"adverse impact" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adverse impacts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adverse impact (plural adverse impacts)
  1. The rejection for employment, placement, or promotion of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.
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