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View usage for: (ɪndɪskrɪmɪnət) adjectiveIf you describe an action as indiscriminate, you are critical of it because it does not involve any careful thought or choice. [disapproval] The indiscriminate use of fertilisers is damaging to the environment. ...the indiscriminate killing of refugees. Synonyms: random, general, wholesale, mixed More Synonyms of indiscriminate indiscriminately adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] The men opened fire indiscriminately. I'm afraid this disease strikes indiscriminately. Synonyms: at random, wildly, blindly, madly More Synonyms of indiscriminate indiscriminate in British English (ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnɪt) adjective1. lacking discrimination or careful choice; random or promiscuous Derived forms indiscriminately (ˌindisˈcriminately) adverb indiscriminateness (ˌindisˈcriminateness) noun indiscrimination (ˌindisˌcrimiˈnation) noun indiscriminate in American English (ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnɪt) adjective1. not based on careful selection or a discerning taste; confused, random, or promiscuous 2. not discriminating; not making careful choices or distinctions Derived forms indiscriminately (ˌindisˈcriminately) adverb Examples of 'indiscriminate' in a sentenceindiscriminate In other languagesindiscriminate British English: indiscriminate ADJECTIVE If you describe an action as indiscriminate, you are critical of it because it does not involve any careful thought or choice. The indiscriminate use of fertilizers is damaging to the environment. - American English: indiscriminate
- Brazilian Portuguese: indiscriminado
- Chinese: 任意而为的
- European Spanish: indiscriminado
- French: sans discernement
- German: wahllos
- Italian: indiscriminato
- Japanese: 無差別の
- Korean: 분별없는
- European Portuguese: indiscriminado
- Latin American Spanish: indiscriminado
Definition lacking discrimination or careful choice the indiscriminate arrests during the protests Synonyms general sweeping confused chaotic careless mingled jumbled promiscuous motley aimless hit or miss (informal) undiscriminating unsystematic unselective undistinguishable unmethodical scattershot Opposites deliberate, discriminating , systematic , selective , methodical , exclusive Additional synonymsDefinition occurring in a random way We made some desultory conversation while we waited for the bus. Synonyms random, vague, irregular, loose, rambling, inconsistent, erratic, disconnected, haphazard, cursory, aimless, off and on, fitful, spasmodic, discursive, unsystematic, inconstant, maundering, unmethodicalDefinition not organized or planned The investigation does seem haphazard. Synonyms unsystematic, disorderly, disorganized, casual, careless, indiscriminate, aimless, slapdash, slipshod, hit or miss (informal), unmethodicalDefinition in a muddle books stacked in higgledy-piggledy piles on the floor Synonyms haphazard, muddled, jumbled, indiscriminate, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter, pell-mellNearby words ofindiscriminate - indiscernible
- indiscreet
- indiscretion
- indiscriminate
- indiscriminately
- indispensable
- indisposed
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