indiscriminately

adverb

In an indiscriminate manner.

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Meanings

adverbindiscriminately (comparative more indiscriminately, superlative most indiscriminately)

comparative more indiscriminately · superlative most indiscriminately

  1. In an indiscriminate manner.

    It was a very private thing, they felt, and not to be tossed indiscriminately about.

    1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 78
    1 more example

    Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors.

    1950 May, “A Tunisian Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 335

    Synonyms: wholesale

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an indiscriminate manner.

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adverbin an indiscriminate manner

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Origin

Translations

Catalan indiscriminadament
  • indiscriminadamentin an indiscriminate manner
Dutch lukraak, zonder onderscheid
  • lukraakin an indiscriminate manner
  • zonder onderscheidin an indiscriminate manner
Finnish harkitsematta, harkitsemattomasti
  • harkitsemattain an indiscriminate manner
  • harkitsemattomastiin an indiscriminate manner
French indiscriminément, indistinctement
  • indiscriminémentin an indiscriminate manner
  • indistinctementin an indiscriminate manner
  • sans distinctionin an indiscriminate manner
  • à tort et à traversin an indiscriminate manner
German wahllos, willkürlich
  • wahllosin an indiscriminate manner
  • willkürlichin an indiscriminate manner
  • unkritischin an indiscriminate manner
  • querbeetin an indiscriminate manner
  • ohne Unterschiedin an indiscriminate manner
Italian indiscriminatamente
  • indiscriminatamentein an indiscriminate manner
Polish bezkrytycznie
  • bezkrytyczniein an indiscriminate manner
Portuguese indiscriminadamente
  • indiscriminadamentein an indiscriminate manner
Spanish indiscriminadamente
  • indiscriminadamentein an indiscriminate manner
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