indiscriminately

adverb

as in arbitrarily

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Recent Examples of indiscriminately Raybould said surveillance footage captured Yancy pulling a handgun from his waistband before firing 11 rounds indiscriminately into a crowd of hundreds celebrating Halloween weekend. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026 Hitler had attempted to extinguish a whole people, and both the Axis and the Allied powers had bombed cities indiscriminately. — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026 The Republican losses indiscriminately wiped out GOP firebrands, moderates and veteran conservatives nationwide. — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026 Legibility is better than permissiveness, because a business that declares its rules can enforce them, while a business that blocks indiscriminately can only hope. — Dvir Ginzburg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 The suspect appeared to have fired indiscriminately at students in a classroom next to his own after leaving his Grade 9 classroom, Palencia said in a separate interview with local DZBB radio. — CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 The organizations that succeed will not be those that slow adoption out of fear, nor those that automate indiscriminately. — Peter Smulovics, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 But unlike David, this monstrous trio is designed to indiscriminately kill anyone and everyone in their path. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 However, the answer should not be to eliminate human contact indiscriminately. — Zain Khawaja, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscriminately
  1. arbitrarily
  2. carelessly
  3. promiscuously
  4. casually
  5. capriciously
  6. randomly
  7. haphazardly
  8. informally
Adverb
  • Polling places can stay open late, but this cannot just be done arbitrarily.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Police and military personnel forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat and threatened opposition members, lawyers, journalists and government critics, the report said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of arbitrarily
Adverb
  • But the proliferation of drones has created a challenge for authorities trying to distinguish routine flights from aircraft operating carelessly, illegally or with malicious intent.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026
  • An outright ban on the use of the technology would remove a valuable tool only because some departments have used it carelessly.
    — Edward Longe, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of carelessly
Adverb
  • Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.
    — BEN BLAND, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of promiscuously
Adverb
  • My Beloved’s casually romantic chassis—but Kings of Leon are still prone to occasionally rocking out, for better or worse.
    — Larry Fitzmaurice, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Heather Knight, a native of Northern California, has always casually cheered on the San Francisco Giants and the Golden State Warriors.
    — Lauren Segal, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • Permits that are granted and withdrawn capriciously, tax credits that come and go, technologies that fall in or out of favor in successive administrations, and endless legal battles all amount to dangerous barriers to investment.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of capriciously
Adverb
  • Those randomly selected to benefit will be notified by email, text message and a letter in the mail that their medical debt has been eliminated.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In the study, Malone's team recruited 196 people aged between 21 and 64 years, who were randomly assigned either an eight-week lifestyle program (control) or this plan, as well as a sleep-coaching component.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of randomly
Adverb
  • And even though his signature coalition of the willing, the Board of Peace, has potential, it was thrown together haphazardly.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Each of the nine beauty favorites below can be haphazardly thrown from your vanity into your bag and through TSA.
    — ElleAnna Revell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of haphazardly
Adverb
  • The sumptuous Shangri-La Boracay is set on a secluded corner of the island, informally dubbed Station Zero.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The paper also published WhatsApp messages from former Britain’s Got Talent runners who complained about Walliams informally in work messaging groups.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of informally

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