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# indiscriminately

adverb (indiscriminately)

«indiscriminately» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Without choosing carefully; at random or in a careless way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#m1)
2. Without caring who gets hurt or affected: bombs that kill indiscriminately. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health lessons, taking medicine or antibiotics indiscriminately is unsafe. In news about wars, weapons that harm people indiscriminately are condemned by international law. In stories, a careless giant smashes indiscriminately. Phrases: kill indiscriminately, use indiscriminately, spray indiscriminately.

### Examples

- The storm knocked down trees indiscriminately. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#x1)
- Using antibiotics indiscriminately helps germs become resistant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#x2)
- The goat ate everything indiscriminately, even my socks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#x3)
- International law forbids attacks that harm civilians indiscriminately. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#x4)
- He copied answers indiscriminately and got them all wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#x5)
- Don't click on links indiscriminately; some are scams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/#x6)

### Note

Adjective «indiscriminate». Root «discriminate» = to tell apart or choose carefully (it also means to treat people unfairly). «Indiscriminately» = without telling apart.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indiscriminately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indiscriminately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indiscriminately.html) on Mova free.