INDISCRIMINATE


Meaning of INDISCRIMINATE in English

/ ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət; NAmE / adjective

1.

an indiscriminate action is done without thought about what the result may be, especially when it causes people to be harmed :

indiscriminate attacks on motorists by youths throwing stones

Doctors have been criticized for their indiscriminate use of antibiotics.

2.

acting without careful judgement :

She's always been indiscriminate in her choice of friends.

►  in·dis·crim·in·ate·ly adverb :

The soldiers fired indiscriminately into the crowd.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent. (in the sense haphazard, not selective ): from in- not + Latin discriminatus , past participle of discriminare (from discrimen distinction, from the verb discernere , from dis- apart + cernere to separate).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.