INDISCRIMINATELY Definition & Meaning

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indiscriminately

[ in-di-skrim-uh-nit-lee ]

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adverb

without exercising discernment or making appropriate distinctions:
Unfortunately, a lot of the bad name attributed to modern poetry is caused by people indiscriminately publishing just anything and calling it “poetry.”
in a haphazard or random way:
The troops reacted to the explosion by indiscriminately firing in all directions.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of indiscriminately¹

indiscriminate ( def ) + -ly

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Witnesses at his trial testified he waged a campaign of terror, hunting rivals and sometimes killing indiscriminately.

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As a result of Israeli bombings indiscriminately targeting residential areas, Qaradaya’s clinic treated and provided this new design of crutch to patients ranging in age from 2 to 60.

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Advocates on the scene, meanwhile, said the operation indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers commuting from the fields along California Route 99 and day laborers soliciting work in the parking lots of big box stores.

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Advocates on the scene, meanwhile, said the operation indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers commuting from the fields along California Route 99, and day laborers soliciting work in the parking lots of big box stores.

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Advocates on the scene, meanwhile, said that the operation indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers and day laborers, and that far more people were detained.

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