indiscreet
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːt
Adjective[edit]
indiscreet (comparative more indiscreet, superlative most indiscreet)
- 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.
- February 2018, Robert Draper in National Geographic Magazine, They Are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet
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Usage notes[edit]
In modern standard spelling, indiscrete (not divided into discrete parts) is not to be confused with indiscreet (conspicuous; incautious).
Translations[edit]
not discreet; wanting in discretion
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Adjective[edit]
indiscreet (comparative indiscreter, superlative indiscreetst)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of indiscreet | ||||
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uninflected | indiscreet | |||
inflected | indiscrete | |||
comparative | indiscreter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | indiscreet | indiscreter | het indiscreetst het indiscreetste |
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indefinite | m./f. sing. | indiscrete | indiscretere | indiscreetste |
n. sing. | indiscreet | indiscreter | indiscreetste | |
plural | indiscrete | indiscretere | indiscreetste | |
definite | indiscrete | indiscretere | indiscreetste | |
partitive | indiscreets | indiscreters | — |