indiscreet
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈskrit/
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indiscreto
- That was a very indiscreet question.
- so indiscreet
- a little indiscreet
- an indiscreet question
This is that we have never had a president that has such a history of racist and indiscreet statements as Joe Biden.
- This is that we have never had a president that has such a history of racist and indiscreet statements as Joe Biden.
Examples
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In Vietnam, for example, President Ngo Dinh Diem alienated Buddhists and other believers with his politically indiscreet expressions of Western Catholicism.
Academic text (1990) -
But he was, of all men, the most indiscreet.
Academic text (1992) -
Would it be indiscreet to say that I missed you?
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Would it be indiscreet to ask them to return my ring?
Fiction book (1995) -
And the next morning, she realized she had been indiscreet, and she asked me not to tell anyone.
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Better to be thought a little indiscreet than to remain almost invisible, I thought.
Fiction book (1997) -
He was indiscreet enough to mention you.
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Such a scene would mortify Celie, as she thought Americans were far too indiscreet about their personal lives.
Fiction book (1990) -
They're afraid you'll repeat things, be indiscreet.
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He made an indiscreet comment about her personal life during the meeting.
Synonyms
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7.6
Acting without care or good sense
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7.1
Saying or doing something rude that upsets people
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8.2
Not showing good sense and likely to cause trouble
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6.9
A person who cannot tell good from bad
Antonyms
How Discreet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word indiscreet comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and discreet, which means 'careful' or 'showing good judgment', as in discretion. So, indiscreet means 'not careful' with what you say or share, like someone who lets private things slip out.