indiscriminate

1. 1.

   failing to make or recognize distinctions

   Similarundiscriminating
2. 2.

   not marked by fine distinctions

   “indiscriminate reading habits”

   “an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles”

   Antonymsdiscriminate

   Similarpromiscuoussweeping

Questions about indiscriminate

What does indiscriminate mean?

indiscriminate means "failing to make or recognize distinctions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indiscriminate?

indiscriminate has 5 syllables: in-di-scrim-i-nate. The stress falls on "scrim". In IPA it is /ˌɪndɪˈskɹɪmənət/.

What is the opposite of indiscriminate?

The recorded antonyms are discriminate.

Is indiscriminate a common word?

indiscriminate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.