Profilee

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is profiled.

    "Moreover, no study looks at whether support for profiling is tempered when the profilee is expressly described as an American citizen or whether respondents would treat all people who look Arab or Muslim the same regardless of whether they are U.S. citizens."

  2. 2
    A program undergoing profiling. rare

    "The first is that once you request in-process debugging, the profilee will run slower."

Example

More examples

"Moreover, no study looks at whether support for profiling is tempered when the profilee is expressly described as an American citizen or whether respondents would treat all people who look Arab or Muslim the same regardless of whether they are U.S. citizens."

Etymology

From profile + -ee.

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