Indiscriminate
[,ɪndɪ'skrɪmɪnət]
Definition
(adj.) not marked by fine distinctions; 'indiscriminate reading habits'; 'an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles' .
(adj.) failing to make or recognize distinctions .
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Definition
(a.) Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Undiscriminating, undistinguishing.[2]. Confused, mixed, mingled, undistinguishable, promiscuous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mixed, confused, medley, promiscuous, ill-assorted, undiscerning,undistinguishing, undiscriminating
ANT:Careful, sorted, select, discerning
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Definition
adj. not distinguishing: promiscuous.—adv. Indiscrim′inately.—adjs. Indiscrim′inating Indiscrim′inative not discriminative.—n. Indiscriminā′tion.
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Examples
- His great power seemed to be his power of indiscriminate admiration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Gerty Farish, seated next to Selden, was lost in that indiscriminate and uncritical enjoyment so irritating to Miss Bart's finer perceptions. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- An indiscriminate sinking of the world's shipping began which compelled the United States to enter the war in April (6th), 1917. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their chief error seems to have been an indiscriminate hostility to religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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