indiscreet
adjective
not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection.
indiscreetly
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a word derived from
indiscreet.
Example Sentences
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It was delivered to him by Mick Mulvaney, the president’s acting chief of staff, who said Ms. Westerhout had indiscreetly discussed details of his family with reporters.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2019
In 2014, Chinese Gen. Xu Caihou was arrested on charges of bribery, with several million U.S. dollars in his possession stored, highly indiscreetly, in Chinese renminbi, where the highest denomination note is worth about $16.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2019
I made sure that she indiscreetly stares right back at them.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012
However, the plans were soon splashed on newspaper front pages after Butler spoke indiscreetly with a journalist.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2012
Of his portrait by Harlowe she said “that it resembled a great schoolboy, who had had a plain bun given him, instead of a plum one,” a facetious speech indiscreetly repeated by Hunt to Byron.
From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Barnette Miller
