INDISCRIMINATE


Meaning of INDISCRIMINATE in English

|in+ adjective

Etymology: in- (I) + discriminate

1.

a.

(1) : not marked by discrimination : not marked by careful distinction : not evidencing discernment

indiscriminate reading habits

indiscriminate viewing of television programs

launched indiscriminate destruction

(2) : haphazard , random , hit-and-miss , sweeping

indiscriminate application of a law

indiscriminate censure

(3) : unrestrained , promiscuous

indiscriminate sexual intercourse

b.

(1) : not separated into distinct parts : jumbled , confused

the babble of the crowd was an indiscriminate mixture of several languages

(2) : motley , heterogeneous

a book filled with an indiscriminate assortment of pictures

2. : not exercising discrimination or discernment : not making careful distinctions : not carefully choosing : undiscriminating

a hospitable but not indiscriminate host — Sarah G. Bowerman

• in·discriminately “+ adverb

• in·discriminateness “+ noun

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.