indiscriminating
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- indiscriminatingly adverb
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
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
It helps to know that Montaigne considered himself peevish and prattling, and Shakespeare felt he'd played the indiscriminating clown.
From BBC
But they are by definition gelatinous — you might even say gooey — and scientists have spotted them blanketing the ocean floor after die-offs, suggesting that even for indiscriminating scavengers, jellies are not the carrion of choice.
From New York Times
It is noticeable what a real, although somewhat indiscriminating, interest the London merchants appear to have taken in the Library.
From Project Gutenberg
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