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indiscriminately

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in·dis·crim·i·nate  (nd-skrm-nt)
adj.
1. Not making or based on careful distinctions; unselective: an indiscriminate shopper; indiscriminate taste in music.
2. Random; haphazard: indiscriminate violence; an indiscriminate assortment of used books for sale.
3. Confused; chaotic: the indiscriminate policies of the previous administration.
4. Unrestrained or wanton; profligate: indiscriminate spending.

indis·crimi·nate·ly adv.
indis·crimi·nate·ness n.
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Adv.1.indiscriminatelyindiscriminately - in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"
2.indiscriminately - in an indiscriminate manner; "she reads promiscuously"

indiscriminately
adverb at random, wildly, blindly, madly, instinctively, frantically, randomly, aimlessly, haphazardly, confusedly, purposelessly, unmethodically The men opened fire indiscriminately.
Translations
indiscriminately [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnɪtlɪ] ADV
1. (= randomly) [distribute, vary] → indistintamente, sin distinción; [bomb, fire, kill] → indiscriminadamente
2. (= without discernment) [use, view, read] → sin discernimiento, de forma indiscriminada; [admire] → ciegamente
indiscriminately [ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnətli] adv [fire, shoot] → aveuglément
indiscriminately
advwahllos; choosewillkürlich
indiscriminately [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnɪtlɪ] advindiscriminatamente
indiscriminately [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪnɪtlɪ] advindiscriminatamente


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People do, indeed, add the word 'maker' or 'poet' to the name of the metre, and speak of elegiac poets, or epic (that is, hexameter) poets, as if it were not the imitation that makes the poet, but the verse that entitles them all indiscriminately to the name.
From his trousers pockets he took a fistful of crumpled bank notes and a good deal of silver coin, which he piled on the bureau indiscriminately with keys, knife, handkerchief, and whatever else happened to be in his pockets.
I am well aware that it would be disingenuous to resolve indiscriminately the opposition of any set of men (merely because their situations might subject them to suspicion) into interested or ambitious views.
 
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