indiscriminate

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes
US /ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmənət/ UK /ɪn.dɪsˈkɹɪm.ɪn.ət/
adj Freq #37720

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not marked by fine distinctions

    Indiscriminate reading habits.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
promiscuousunparticularwholesale
Opposites
choosydiscriminative
Word family
Derived forms indiscriminatelyindiscriminatenessindiscriminative

Etymology

First attested in 1598; from in- + discriminate.

*krey- Proto-Indo-European
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