indiscriminate
done at random or without careful judgment
Word origin: From Latin discriminare, to distinguish or separate.
Indiscriminate in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing indiscriminate in a sentence.
The critic condemned the indiscriminate praise heaped on the mediocre film.
The report condemned the indiscriminate felling of trees, which spared neither young growth nor protected species.
Using “indiscriminate” well
Indiscriminate describes action done without careful distinction or judgment, hitting everything alike, which sets it against selective and discriminating.
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