indiscriminate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɪs.kɹɪm.ɪn.ət/

Adjective

indiscriminate (comparative more indiscriminate, superlative most indiscriminate)

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

Catalan: indiscriminat
Finnish: (of a person) harkitsematon (fi), sokea (fi), arvostelukyvytön, (of an action) harkitsematon (fi), umpimähkäinen (fi), sokea (fi), silmitön (fi)
French: indiscriminé (fr)
German: unüberlegt (de), wahllos (de), willkürlich (de), gedankenlos (de)

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

Italian

Adjective

indiscriminate f pl

feminine plural of indiscriminato

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