| 单词 | indiscreet |
| 释义 | indiscreet (once / 2519 pages) adj Someone indiscreet lacks discretion and doesn’t know when to keep things on the down low. Going to see your ex-girlfriend’s band with your new girlfriend would be indiscreet. An indiscreet person would blab your secrets to everyone. An indiscreet person is loud, inappropriate, and thoughtless. While being discreet implies caution, being indiscreet is wild and careless. An indiscreet boss will correct your mistake in front of everyone, humiliating you. If you commit a crime and are indiscreet by running from a bank robbery with marked bills flying out of your pocket, you’re much more likely to get caught. WORD FAMILYindiscreet: indiscreeter, indiscreetest, indiscreetness+/discreet: discreeter, discreetest, discreetly, discreetness, indiscreet, indiscreetly USAGE EXAMPLESThere was a new and indiscreet round of tryouts for secretary of state, featuring reviews from the president-elect in something like real time. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Mr. Watson said he had never spoken to Mr. Nuzzo, the indiscreet official from the James Madison Institute. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) How obvious signing was, how indiscreet in the “conventional” sense: what I was pointing at, my lively facial expressions, my sense of physical restraint! New York Times(Sep 28, 2016) adj lacking discretion; injudicious her behavior was indiscreet at the very best Syn|Ant bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, talkative unwisely talking too much imprudentlacking wise self-restraint discreet marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint |
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