indiscriminating

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  1. undiscriminating
  2. uncritical
  3. unselective
  4. undemanding
  5. random
  6. haphazard
  7. aimless
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  • Eating like a child, Veit explains, was once understood to mean being overly excited and undiscriminating about food, not being picky.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, despite her gender-fluid appearance and undiscriminating appeal, Labubu is a girl.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 31 May 2025
Definition of undiscriminating
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  • But the podcast, while not uncritical, promises only good times with good company.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • Research published in 2024 in the Journal of Political Ideologies similarly describes patriotism as being associated with commitment to democratic ideals and community, while nationalism is often conceptualized as a more exclusionary and uncritical attachment to the nation.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of uncritical
Adjective
  • The cult film Idiocracy (2006) imagines a future in which Americans' mental capacities have been degraded by generations of pop culture, junk food, and–how to put this delicately–unselective breeding.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Mar. 2022
  • With an unselective online-only model seeking to scale rapidly, Lambda is likely to end up somewhere between (free) MOOCs and (costly) for-profit online universities, which – given its ISA model – sounds about right.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Definition of unselective
Adjective
  • Those working in physically demanding jobs or those exposed to heat, like construction and agriculture, reduced their hours by more than those working in low-exposure and physically undemanding jobs such as office workers.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 22 July 2026
  • This dish is undemanding and flexible, equally suited to a weeknight dinner or a casual outdoor meal.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Definition of undemanding
Adjective
  • One control heats the ions by applying random electric-field signals that add vibrational energy.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • Every piece of content must serve as a culturally relevant entry point that accumulates brand equity, especially when day-to-day audience engagement can be largely random.
    — Stefano Marrone, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of random
Adjective
  • Communication with employees about the requirement to move to new offices has been haphazard, workers at six agencies said.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This fencing appeared to have been lifted up and twisted, landing in a mangled and haphazard manner.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of haphazard
Adjective
  • Where season three frustrated with its aimless pacing, its unruly plotting, its self-congratulatory strain of goodness, new showrunner Jack Burditt (30 Rock, Modern Family) dials back the worst of the show’s excesses.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Some jokes, including a riff on the history of the Wright Brothers, feel vaguely Dada, as if Marino and Wain had spent a long, happy stretch of aimless days drinking coffee and free-associating.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026
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