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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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| While Judge Hough had marked both indiscriminateness and monetary exchange as the indelible markers of prostitution--evils definitionally absent from a relationship between a man and his concubine or mistress--the Supreme Court offered a different account of what located prostitution at the core of the genus of immoral sex. its indiscriminateness, its senselessness, and its technological deadliness--in the world's first modern war. Further, the indiscriminateness of the recording activity, which involved monitoring many calls made and received by employees other than the person believed to be involved in improper activity, removed it from the exception's scope. |
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