indiscriminate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪn.dɪsˈkɹɪm.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?
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 126:
  An animal so indiscriminate in its eating habits that it eats coal, boat cushions, and tomtoms, would be only too eager to taste a swimmer or a diver—which must look more edible than an unopened can of salmon.

Synonyms

promiscuous

Derived terms

indiscriminately

Translations

Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless

Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: безразборен (bg) (bezrazboren), безсистемен (bg) (bezsistemen)
Catalan: indiscriminat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盲目 (zh) (máng mù)瞎眼 (zh) (xiā yǎn)饥不择食 (zh) (jī bù zé shí)不分青红皂白 (zh) (bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái)
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)
Japanese: 無差別 (musabetsu)
Latin: promiscuus
Spanish: indiscriminado, desconsiderado (es)
Swedish: oaktsam (sv), urskillningslös

Italian

Adjective

indiscriminate f pl

feminine plural of indiscriminato

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