indiscriminate

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmənət/ UK /ɪn.dɪsˈkɹɪm.ɪn.ət/ See IPA manual

Freq #37720

Meanings

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adj
not marked by fine distinctions

Indiscriminate reading habits.

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Synonyms

promiscuous unparticular wholesale

Opposites

choosy discriminative

Word family

Derived forms indiscriminatelyindiscriminatenessindiscriminative

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Phrases (1)

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indiscriminate reading
reading a wide range of material without choosing carefully

Adjective + noun

Etymology

First attested in 1598; from in- + discriminate.

*krey- Proto-Indo-European

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