indiscreet

English

Etymology

in- +‎ discreet.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Adjective

indiscreet (comparative more indiscreet, superlative most indiscreet)

1. Not discreet; lacking in discretion.
   • February 2018, Robert Draper in National Geographic Magazine, They Are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet

     Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.

Derived terms

• indiscreetly
• indiscreetness

Usage notes

In modern standard spelling, indiscrete (not divided into discrete parts) is not to be confused with indiscreet (conspicuous; incautious).

Translations

not discreet; wanting in discretion

• Armenian: անհամեստ (hy) (anhamest), անզգույշ (hy) (anzguyš), չմտածված (čʿmtacvac)
• Catalan: indiscret
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不謹慎的, 不谨慎的 (bùjǐnshènde)

• Czech: indiskrétní
• Dutch: indiscreet (nl)
• Finnish: harkitsematon (fi), epähieno
• French: indiscret (fr)
• German: unbedachtsam, unbesonnen, unüberlegt (de)
• Greek: αδιάκριτη (el) f (adiákriti), αδιάκριτος (el) m (adiákritos)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: indiszkrét (hu), tapintatlan (hu)
• Irish: béalsceiteach
• Italian: indiscreto (it)
• Japanese: 軽率 (ja) (keisotsu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indiskret, ublu (no), nærgående

• Portuguese: indiscreto (pt), imprudente (pt)
• Russian: нескро́мный (ru) (neskrómnyj), неблагоразу́мный (ru) (neblagorazúmnyj)
• Spanish: indiscreto (es), imprudente (es)
• Swedish: indiskret (sv), oblyg (sv)

Anagrams

• cretinised, indiscrete, iridescent

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

indiscreet (comparative indiscreter, superlative indiscreetst)

1. indiscreet

Inflection

Inflection of indiscreet
uninflected	indiscreet
inflected	indiscrete
comparative	indiscreter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		indiscreet	indiscreter	het indiscreetst het indiscreetste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	indiscrete	indiscretere	indiscreetste
	n. sing.	indiscreet	indiscreter	indiscreetste
	plural	indiscrete	indiscretere	indiscreetste
definite		indiscrete	indiscretere	indiscreetste
partitive		indiscreets	indiscreters	—