"indiscreet" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: indiscreeter [comparative], indiscreetest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From in- + discreet. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|discreet}} in- + discreet Head templates: {{en-adj|indiscreeter}} indiscreet (comparative indiscreeter, superlative indiscreetest)
  1. Not discreet; lacking in discretion. Derived forms: indiscreetly, indiscreetness Translations (not discreet; wanting in discretion): անհամեստ (anhamest) (Armenian), անզգույշ (anzguyš) (Armenian), չմտածված (čʻmtacvac) (Armenian), нетактичен (netaktičen) (Bulgarian), indiscret (Catalan), 不謹慎的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不谨慎的 (bùjǐnshènde) (Chinese Mandarin), indiskrétní (Czech), indiskret (Danish), indiscreet (Dutch), harkitsematon (Finnish), epähieno (Finnish), indiscret (French), indiscreto (Galician), lareto (Galician), lercho (Galician), unbedachtsam (German), unbesonnen (German), unüberlegt (German), αδιάκριτος (adiákritos) (Greek), לא דיסקרטי (lo diskréti) [masculine] (Hebrew), indiszkrét (Hungarian), tapintatlan (Hungarian), béalsceiteach (Irish), indiscreto (Italian), 軽率 (keisotsu) (Japanese), mākahi (Maori), manawarere (Maori), indiskret (Norwegian Bokmål), ublu (Norwegian Bokmål), nærgående (Norwegian Bokmål), niedyskretny (Polish), indiscreto (Portuguese), imprudente (Portuguese), нескро́мный (neskrómnyj) (Russian), неблагоразу́мный (neblagorazúmnyj) (Russian), indiscreto (Spanish), imprudente (Spanish), indiskret (Swedish), oblyg (Swedish)

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      "word": "нескро́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neblagorazúmnyj",
      "sense": "not discreet; wanting in discretion",
      "word": "неблагоразу́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not discreet; wanting in discretion",
      "word": "indiscreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not discreet; wanting in discretion",
      "word": "imprudente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not discreet; wanting in discretion",
      "word": "indiskret"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not discreet; wanting in discretion",
      "word": "oblyg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indiscreet"
}

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