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Meanings of indiscriminate in English

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        1
        But the authorities' indiscriminate military response has put civilians at huge risk.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Mr Reynolds misses the vital point - that drift netting is indiscriminate.
        The Irish Times
        3
        He is charged with confounding the righteous and unrighteous in indiscriminate destruction.
        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
        4
        No doubt screeners were sent to the most indiscriminate types of netizens.
        Wired
        5
        His lavishness was indiscriminate except in that he entertained only the rich.
        And Even Now
        6
        Sudan has previously denied allegations of indiscriminate arrests and ill-treatment of detainees.
        Reuters
        7
        The peculiar marks of semi-barbarous people are diffused distrust and indiscriminate suspicion.
        The English Constitution
        8
        But locals dispute that description and complain that the attacks are indiscriminate.
        Reuters
        9
        Washington pledged not to engage in indiscriminate espionage following Snowden's 2013 disclosures.
        Reuters
        10
        But I think the admiration will be too indiscriminate even for Bertie.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
        11
        To see a top, foretells indiscriminate friendships will involve you in difficulty.
        Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
        12
        I'm afraid she gives away a lot of it in indiscriminate charity.
        Denzil Quarrier
        13
        File sharing doesn't have to be about indiscriminate trading with anonymous strangers.
        Wired
        14
        Your indiscriminate approbation of all you wrote raised your expectations to extravagance.
        The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
        15
        Maestricht was recovered, and an indiscriminate slaughter instantly avenged its temporary loss.
        The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 23: 1576
        16
        Still, Stephanie wasn't the sort of woman to participate in indiscriminate sex.
        Love overboard
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