indiscriminate

• indiscriminant (nonstandard)

First attested in 1598; from in- +‎ discriminate.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪn.dɪsˈkɹɪm.ɪn.ət/

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indiscriminate (comparative more indiscriminate, superlative most indiscriminate)

1. (of things) Not marked by discrimination or discernment; (by extension) confused, promiscuous.
   • 1838, Connop Thirwall, History of Greece, volume II. xiv. 195:

     Otanes […] commanded an indiscriminate slaughter, without regard to age or to place.

   • 2025 May 17, Henry Mance, “Now we are almost out of time”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 12:

     The UK's fishing industry has complained that Ocean is “indiscriminate” (arguably an ironic adjective for anyone involved in trawling).

2. (of a person) Without care in 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.

• promiscuous

indiscriminate f pl

1. feminine plural of indiscriminato