1 an indiscriminate action is done without thought about what the result may be, especially when it causes people to be harmed:
indiscriminate attacks on motorists by youths throwing stones * the indiscriminate nature of nuclear weapons * Doctors have been criticized for their indiscriminate use of antibiotics.
2 acting without careful judgement:
She's always been indiscriminate in her choice of friends.
indiscriminately adverb:
The soldiers fired indiscriminately into the crowd.
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