indiscriminate
Meaning of indiscriminate
- done at random or without careful judgement.
the indiscriminate use of antibiotics can cause problems
late 16th century (in the sense ‘haphazard, not selective’): from in-1 ‘not’ + Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (see discriminate).
Information about indiscriminate
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of indiscriminate
in-dis-crim-i-nate
- It consists of 5 syllables and 14 chars.
- indiscriminate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
indiscriminate synonyms
Meaning not selective:
Meaning not having or showing good judgement or taste:
Meaning not expressing criticism or using one's critical faculties:
Meaning without purpose or direction:
Meaning lacking any obvious principle of organization:
Meaning governed by or involving equal chances for each item:
Meaning not done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; unmethodical:
Meaning not orderly and systematic:
Meaning done on a large scale; extensive:
Meaning affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread:
Meaning (of a statement) taking no account of particular cases or exceptions; too general:
Meaning covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive:
Meaning of great or more than average width:
Meaning including a wide variety of things; all-embracing:
Meaning deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources:
Meaning incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety:
Meaning (of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources:
Meaning diverse in character or content:
Meaning incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate:
Meaning (of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered:
Meaning in a state of complete confusion and disorder:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not showing consideration for the needs of other people:
Meaning expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences:
Meaning disregarded and unappreciated:
Meaning relaxed and unconcerned:
Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:
Meaning demonstrating or implying an unselective approach; indiscriminate or casual:
indiscriminate antonyms
Meaning relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified:
Meaning having or showing refined taste or good judgement:
Meaning done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical:
Words that rhyme with indiscriminate
Nate, Alphanate, Banate, Bromanate, Depanate, Italianate, Lomanate, Plasmanate, Thiophanate, acetylglucopyranosylisothiocyanate, acetylphenylisothiocyanate, acetyltryptophanate, adamantylisocyanate, aldermanate, allophanate, alloxanate, allylisothiocyanate, allylthiocyanate, aminobenzylpenicilianate, aminoethylthiocyanate, aminopenicillanate, amoscanate, anate, applanate, azidophenylisothiocyanate, banate, benzoylisothiocyanate, benzylisothiocyanate, benzylthiocyanate, biphenyldiisocyanate, biphenylisothiocyanate, bisthiocyanate, bitoscanate, bromoallylisothiocyanate, bromoallylthiocyanate, bromobenzylisothiocyanate, bromopenicillanate, bromophenylisocyanate, bromophenylisothiocyanate, butenylisothiocyanate, butylcyanate, butylisothiocyanate, calpanate, cephalosporanate, chlorobenzylthiocyanate, chloroethylisocyanate, chloromethylthiocyanate, chlorophenylisothiocyanate, chlorophenylthiocyanate, chlorosulfonylisocyanate