indiscriminate

English

Etymology

• From Latin in-, + discriminatum, past participle of discriminare (“to divide”). Confer crime.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈdɪs.kɹɪm.ɪn.ət/, X-SAMPA: /"In"dIs.krIm.In.@t/

Adjective

indiscriminate (comparative more indiscriminate, superlative most indiscriminate)

1. Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless.

   How can anyone be so indiscriminate in making friends as he is?

Synonyms

• promiscuous

Translations

Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless

• Finnish: (of a person) harkitsematon, sokea, arvostelukyvytön; (of an action) harkitsematon, umpimähkäinen, sokea, silmitön
• German: unüberlegt (de), wahllos (de), willkürlich (de), gedankenlos (de)

• Italian: indiscriminato (it)
• Spanish: indiscriminado (es), desconsiderado (es)
• Swedish: oaktsam (sv)

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Italian

Adjective

indiscriminate f pl

1. feminine plural form of indiscriminato