indiscriminate
Americanadjective
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not discriminating or discerning; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc..
indiscriminate in one's friendships.
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done at random or without making distinctions; haphazard.
indiscriminate slaughter.
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not kept apart or divided; thrown together; jumbled.
an indiscriminate combination of colors and styles.
- Synonyms:
- varied, motley, mixed, heterogeneous, random
adjective
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lacking discrimination or careful choice; random or promiscuous
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jumbled; confused
Related Words
See miscellaneous.
Other Word Forms
- indiscriminately adverb
- indiscriminateness noun
- indiscrimination noun
Etymology
Origin of indiscriminate
First recorded in 1590–1600; in- 3 + discriminate (adjective)
Example Sentences
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The minister said these attacks demonstrated how British military personnel and civilians were "at risk with a regime that is increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrolled in the attacks it is mounting".
From BBC
But that’s an argument for sharper manager selection, not for indiscriminate selling across the asset class.
From Barron's
But the recent selloff has been “relatively indiscriminate,” and that ignores the supply-and-demand dynamics unfolding in the industry, Essex argued.
From Barron's
To be fair, though, trying to select winning stocks in a market as complicated, and as fraught with indiscriminate selling, as this one is a challenge.
From Barron's
Yet that indiscriminate selling may be masking some hidden value.
From Barron's
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