indiscriminate

adjective in·dis·crim·i·nate \ ˌin-di-ˈskrim-nət , -ˈskri-mə- \

|Updated on: 5 Aug 2018

Examples: indiscriminate in a Sentence

Definition of indiscriminate

1 a : not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment

indiscriminate reading habits

indiscriminate mass destruction

b : haphazard, random

indiscriminate application of a law

2 a : promiscuous, unrestrained

indiscriminate sexual behavior

b : heterogeneous, motley

an indiscriminate collection

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indiscriminately

adverb

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indiscriminateness

noun

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Examples of indiscriminate in a Sentence

They participated in the indiscriminate slaughter of countless innocent victims.
He objects to the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
She has been indiscriminate in choosing her friends.

Recent Examples of indiscriminate from the Web

But Mr Erdogan’s revenge has been indiscriminate and disproportionate.

— The Economist, "Turkey’s president deserves to lose on June 24th," 21 June 2018
The support has continued despite international alarm over the coalition’s air campaign against the Houthis, which has killed thousands of civilians in airstrikes that human rights groups have alleged are frequently indiscriminate.

— Washington Post, "Saudi Arabia-led military coalition launches offensive on Yemen port city of Hodeida," 13 June 2018
Residents complained that the coalition bombing was indiscriminate and demanded compensation.

— philip issa, BostonGlobe.com, "Amnesty International says US-led coalition caused many civilian deaths in fight for Raqqa," 6 June 2018
Residents complained that the coalition bombing was indiscriminate and demanded compensation.

— philip issa, Fox News, "Rights group says US-led coalition destroyed Syrian city," 4 June 2018
This duty spared him some of the hard labor and indiscriminate brutality that befell other captives and allowed him to join an underground resistance that secretly assumed leadership roles within the camps, roles that continued after liberation.

— emanuella grinberg, Smithsonian, "When a Bavarian Monastery Provided a Home to Jewish Refugees," 11 July 2018
What might surprise Gold’s admirers, though, is this memoir’s nearly 500 pages of formlessness, its barrage of the indiscriminate and everyday.

— william giraldi, The Seattle Times, "Glen David Gold’s new memoir is ‘a soiree of heart-wreck wised up by humor’," 9 July 2018
In all cases, the arrangements followed indiscriminate campaigns by the government against hospitals, markets, and other civilian targets, driving thousands of civilians out of their homes.

— Washington Post, "Syrian rebels to leave key town in eastern Ghouta enclave," 22 Mar. 2018
Imagine a country that was eviscerated by indiscriminate U.S. bombing campaigns during the Korean War, when more bombs were dropped on North Korea than on all of the Asia-Pacific Theater during World War II.

— christine ahn, Fortune, "Commentary: Here’s What Kim Really Wants Out of His Meeting With Trump," 9 Mar. 2018

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