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indiscriminate adjective [ ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət ]

• done at random or without careful judgement.
• "the indiscriminate use of antibiotics can cause problems"
Similar: non-selective, unselective, undiscriminating, uncritical, aimless, hit-or-miss, haphazard, random, unsystematic, unmethodical, wholesale, general, sweeping, blanket, broad-based, wide, catholic, eclectic, varied, miscellaneous, heterogeneous, motley, confused, chaotic, thoughtless, unthinking, unconsidered, casual, careless, promiscuous,
Opposite: selective, discriminating, systematic,
Origin: late 16th century (in the sense ‘haphazard, not selective’): from in-1 ‘not’ + Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (see discriminate).


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