indiscriminately
Indiscriminately means in a random or careless way. If your teacher graded indiscriminately, she'd assign As and Ds haphazardly, without even considering her students' work.
This adverb is great for describing action that's taken in a completely unsystematic way. One child puts away his toys carefully, sorting blocks into one basket and stuffed animals into another. His sister, on the other hand, indiscriminately tosses all her toys into one large box. When you discriminate, you recognize the difference between things; act indiscriminately, and you pay no attention to these distinctions. An alternate meaning is "without judgment."
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in an indiscriminate mannersynonyms: promiscuously
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in a random mannersynonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, randomly, willy-nilly
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Vocabulary lists containing indiscriminately
To settle a bet, a lawyer decides to stay in solitary confinement for fifteen years. Read the full text here. Here is a link to our list for Home by Anton Chekhov.
When Edna Pontellier meets Robert Lebrun, she begins to question her roles as wife and mother. Set in New Orleans in the late 1800s, this pioneering novel is considered to be an early feminist classic. Read the full text here.
