indiscreet
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːt
Adjective
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
Derived terms
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
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Adjective
indiscreet (comparative indiscreter, superlative indiscreetst)
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 | — | |
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