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Disdain metric conversion: was judgmental (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discriminated

'was judgmental' is the definition.
(to discriminate is to be judgmental or prejudiced)

'disdain metric conversion' is the wordplay.
'conversion' indicates an anagram.
'disdain'+'metric'='disdainmetric'
'disdainmetric' is an anagram of 'DISCRIMINATED'.

(Other definitions for discriminated that I've seen before include "biased" , "Distinguished - treated unfairly" , "Dancer is timid (anag) -- treated differently" .)

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