PREJUDICE

Sometimes you have a biased opinion about something without knowing its facts. The word prejudice basically means A judgment or an opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. Prejudice is a bias, favoring or opposing something based on personal opinions or feelings. It means to pre-judge or to make an assumption before hand about something, without any understanding any actual facts.

You usually judge people because of race, social class, gender, age, political beliefs, religion and many personal characteristics. For example, a manager who is of the opinion that women do not like to travel in their jobs, would not select a woman for a job that requires her to travel. This is because he has a fixed idea without any facts that women do not like to travel. The word prejudice can be a verb or a noun, depending on how it's used in a sentence The verb 'prejudice' has three forms, the present is prejudice, the past is prejudiced and the past participle it is prejudiced.
Example 01 : The salesman at the mall always gets annoyed when he sees children around, he has a prejudice against kids as he feels they are just trouble makers.
Ex 02 : Mary told Peter, " The university that I studied in, has no prejudice and admits students purely on merit basis."
Ex 03 : Samantha has a prejudice against fast food as she feels that they are not only high in calorie but also unhealthy.
Ex 04 : All the bad stories she had heard about the new COO of the company from her colleague, prejudiced Sheila against him even before their first meeting.
Ex 05 : Maria was prejudiced against buying unbranded and lower priced cosmetics even though they were clinically approved. 
Ex 06 : In many countries, women feel troubled as they face prejudice at their work place and are not treated at par with men. 
Ex 07 : Lisa is prejudiced against people women who smoke and drink, as she believes they are bad influencers.
Ex 08 : Samantha told her friend, " Working with an organization that fights racial prejudice is quite challenging." 
Ex 09 : All the employees are prejudice towards Frieda as she is very good looking they always favor her even though she isn't good at her work.