indiscriminately
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6.7
- adverb
- /ˌɪndɪˈskrɪməˌnɛtli/
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indiscriminadamente
- They place too much trust indiscriminately in people.
- applied indiscriminately
- used indiscriminately
- kill people indiscriminately
We would walk indiscriminately through the woods without ever thinking about snakes.
- We would walk indiscriminately through the woods without ever thinking about snakes.
- The guards panic and shoot indiscriminately without warning at the charging mob, halting it in its tracks.
- And it's really important, you know, for all the people listening, but to define words because people use words in today's world just so indiscriminately.
- Set a massive fire and indiscriminately burned down.
- The AK is the perfect now it's it's it's meant to mow down everybody on that side indiscriminately at a coastal range.
- Perhaps the mole became a general term and the Americans picked it up and applied it indiscriminately of its origin.
Examples
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The police chief said that the shooter was firing indiscriminately at workers.
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The territory of the country is being bombed indiscriminately, and bringing peace is almost an impossible task now.
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We would walk indiscriminately through the woods without ever thinking about snakes.
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So, these first principles direct us indiscriminately toward the well-being and flourishing of ourselves and everyone else.
Academic text (2008) -
In other events, the army has reportedly opened fire indiscriminately on Touareg settlements.
Academic text (1991) -
For years, several industries in a central Philadelphia neighborhood had been indiscriminately dumping waste into Dock Creek.
Academic text (2007) -
Many are succumbing to a previously unknown disease that strikes multiple species indiscriminately and can erase entire populations.
Academic text (2007) -
In other words, the effect of indiscriminately spraying the pond with DDT is to increase the number of mosquitoes and kill fish.
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Duax argues that most comparisons of magnet and non-magnet schools indiscriminately lump academically selective magnets with nonselective magnets.
Academic text (1992) -
For years, several industries in a central Philadelphia neighborhood had been indiscriminately dumping waste into Dock Creek.
Synonyms
126
2.4
In a way that has no clear plan or order
44
2.7
By chance, without any plan or order
27
5.5
In a way that has no clear reason or plan
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4.9
In many different directions in a messy, random way
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6.1
In a way that is not planned or organized
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8.2
In a sexual way with many different people
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8.2
In a random, messy way without a plan
Antonyms
How Discriminating
Surface Forms
Morphology
indiscriminately = indiscriminate (semi-transparent) = in + discriminate + ly
This is a regular adverb formation from the adjective 'indiscriminate' with '-ly'.
Etymology
The word indiscriminately starts with in- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from discriminate, which means 'to tell the difference' or 'to separate'. So, to act indiscriminately is like choosing without looking — doing something without picking or seeing differences, in other words randomly or without care.