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   indiscriminate

   /ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət/

   adjective

   • 1. done at random or without careful judgement: "the indiscriminate use of antibiotics can cause problems"
   • ▪ (of a person) not using or exercising discrimination: "she was indiscriminate with her affections"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘haphazard, not selective’): from in-1 ‘not’ + Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (see discriminate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. indiscriminateness noun
   • 2. indiscrimination noun

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