Standard Lemma guide

indiscriminate

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪn.dɪsˈkɹɪm.ɪn.ət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D IH0 S K R IH1 M AH0 N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not marked by discrimination or discernment; (by extension) confused, promiscuous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Without care in making distinctions, thoughtless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • How can anyone be so indiscriminate in making friends as he is?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not marked by fine distinctions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • indiscriminate reading habits
  • an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: discriminate

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

failing to make or recognize distinctions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1598; from in- + discriminate.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անխտիր (anxtir) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Belarusian: непераборлівы (njepjerabórlivy) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Belarusian: непатрабавальны (njepatrabavalʹny) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Bulgarian: безразборен (bezrazboren) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Bulgarian: безсистемен (bezsistemen) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Catalan: indiscriminat — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不加區別的 /不加区别的 (bùjiā-qūbié de) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不加選擇的 /不加选择的 (bùjiā-xuǎnzé de) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不加鑒別的 /不加鉴别的 (bùjiā-jiànbié de) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不分好壞的 /不分好坏的 (bùfēn-hǎohuài de) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Finnish: harkitsematon — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Finnish: sokea — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Finnish: arvostelukyvytön — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Finnish: umpimähkäinen — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Finnish: silmitön — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • French: indiscriminé — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • French: indistinct — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: unüberlegt — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: wahllos — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: willkürlich — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: gedankenlos — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: unbedacht — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: unterschiedslos — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: unkritisch — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • German: ohne Unterschied — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Italian: indiscriminato — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Japanese: 無差別 (musabetsu) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Kazakh: алаламай (alalamai) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Latin: promiscuus — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Macedonian: безра́зборен (bezrázboren) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Macedonian: непро́мислен (neprómislen) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Russian: неразборчивый (nerazborčivyj) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Russian: неизбира́тельный (neizbirátelʹnyj) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Spanish: indiscriminado — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Spanish: desconsiderado — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Swedish: oaktsam — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Swedish: urskillningslös — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Ukrainian: нерозбі́рливий (nerozbírlyvyj) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
  • Ukrainian: невибірко́вий (nevybirkóvyj) — Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
Real reading context

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