indiscriminating
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of indiscriminating
First recorded in 1745–55; in- 3 + discriminating
Example Sentences
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What follows is not for indiscriminating pumpkin people.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
It has lodged in our neurons not because it has been programmed in to serve a function, as with computers, but because the human brain is an insatiable, indiscriminating sponge.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
It helps to know that Montaigne considered himself peevish and prattling, and Shakespeare felt he'd played the indiscriminating clown.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2016
It appears, then, that reform advocates are taking a throw-everything-against-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach — and reform opponents are taking a indiscriminating reject-everything-out-of-hand approach.
From Time ● Jul. 16, 2013
The indiscriminating application of biological laws in the field of sociology may result in confusion and retardation in the progress of both sciences, or at any rate in their practical applications.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.
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