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indiscriminate [ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnɪt] adj
1. lacking discrimination or careful choice; random or promiscuous 2. jumbled; confused indiscriminately adv indiscriminateness n indiscrimination n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
indiscriminate adjective random, general, wholesale, mixed, sweeping, confused, chaotic, careless, mingled, jumbled, miscellaneous, promiscuous, motley, haphazard, uncritical, aimless, desultory, hit or miss (informal), higgledy-piggledy (informal), undiscriminating, unsystematic, unselective, undistinguishable, unmethodical the indiscriminate killing of refugees deliberate, discriminating, systematic, selective, methodical, exclusive Translations indiscriminate [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnɪt] ADJ 1. (= random) [bombing, killing, violence] → indiscriminado 2. (= undiscerning) [person] → falto de discernimiento; [admirer] → ciego indiscriminate use of pesticides → el uso indiscriminado de pesticidas indiscriminate [ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət] adj (= careless) [use] → inconsidéré(e) (= undiscriminating) [person] → qui manque de discernement to be indiscriminate → manquer de discernement indiscriminate adj → wahllos; spending also → unüberlegt; reading also → kritiklos, unkritisch; mixture also → kunterbunt; choice → willkürlich; reader, shopper → kritiklos, unkritisch; tastes → unausgeprägt; you shouldn’t be so indiscriminate in the friends you make → du solltest dir deine Freunde etwas sorgfältiger aussuchen; he was completely indiscriminate in whom he punished → er verteilte seine Strafen völlig wahllos or willkürlich indiscriminate [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnɪt] adj (killings) → indiscriminato/a; (person) → che non fa distinzioni; (admiration) → cieco/a indiscriminate [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnɪt] adj (killings) → indiscriminato/a; (person) → che non fa distinzioni; (admiration) → cieco/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They are as a rose whose fragrance has been exhausted by greedy and indiscriminate smelling. Many of the English who were taken on the Spanish coast were sent to dig in the mines of Potosi; and by the usual progress of a spirit of resentment, the innocent were, after a while, confounded with the guilty in indiscriminate punishment. No offices therefore can be dealt out to the existing members but such as may become vacant by ordinary casualties: and to suppose that these would be sufficient to purchase the guardians of the people, selected by the people themselves, is to renounce every rule by which events ought to be calculated, and to substitute an indiscriminate and unbounded jealousy, with which all reasoning must be vain. |
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