undiscriminatingadj.
/ˌʌndᵻˈskrɪmᵻneɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌəndᵻˈskrɪməˌneɪdɪŋ/ (un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective]
blinda1400
unchoosinga1586
undiscerning1589
unrespective1609
irrespecting1625
promiscuous1633
incurious1645
indistinct1650
irrespective1650
uncritical1659
indiscerning1664
undistinguishing1665
undistinguishable1702
unrefining1735
indiscriminating1754
undiscriminating1776
indiscriminate1792
unfastidious1816
rough1819
lumping1827
indistinguishing1828
unparticularizing1828
farraginous1837
imperceiverant1844
scattergun1845
undistinctive1851
indiscriminative1854
unselecting1895
scattershot1961
1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. xi A hasty and undiscriminating condemner of what is established, may expose himself to contempt.
a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey (ed. 2) xxii. 298 Hurl the spear At once with undiscriminating aim Against them all.
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. viii. 440 The undiscriminating nature of their outrages.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iv. 87 Morris writes in a spirit of undiscriminating admiration.
Derivatives
undiˈscriminatingly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adverb]
indifferentlyc1374
indistinctlyc1420
confusedly?1531
undistinctly1548
confusely?c1550
without respect?c1550
without choice1576
intermixedlya1586
unrespectively1586
pell-mell1587
promiscuously1593
mixedly1597
indiscriminate1598
promiscually1602
swoopstake1603
promiscuous1616
irrespectively1624
muddily1648
indiscriminately1652
humdrum1660
indiscriminally1665
undistinguishingly1665
indeterminatelya1676
indiscriminatively1684
indistinguishably1689
indiscretely1698
indistinctively1699
undiscerningly1707
uncritically1763
indiscriminatingly1824
undiscriminatingly1894
unfastidiously1929
1894 Athenæum 27 Oct. 574/1 The bookworm swallows all printed matter undiscriminatingly.
undiˈscriminatingness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun]
indistinction1624
muddiness1645
indiscrimination1649
puddling1695
undiscerning1711
muddying1713
under-niceness1748
confusion1771
mixing1831
confounding1850
colour blindness1861
undiscriminatingness1866
muddling1873
indiscriminateness1879
unfastidiousness1881
indiscriminancy1890
lumping1903
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xvi. 21 They encourage a coarse undiscriminatingness.
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