Both indiscriminate and undiscriminating refer to a lack of discernment, taste or judgment.
- To the undiscriminating eye, Riopelle’s works may look like indiscriminate spatterings of heavy paint on canvas.
- Search engines are undiscriminating robots: they find relevant and irrelevant information and list it all.
Indiscriminate also conveys the meaning of “haphazard” or “random.”
- Indiscriminate arrests of peaceful protesters and onlookers resulted in civil suits against the police.
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