"indiscriminately" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more indiscriminately [comparative], most indiscriminately [superlative]
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  1. In an indiscriminate manner. Synonyms: wholesale Translations (in an indiscriminate manner): անխտրաբար (anxtrabar) (Armenian), indiscriminadament (Catalan), lukraak (Dutch), zonder onderscheid (Dutch), harkitsematta (Finnish), harkitsemattomasti (Finnish), indiscriminément (French), indistinctement (French), sans distinction (French), à tort et à travers (French), wahllos (German), willkürlich (German), unkritisch (German), querbeet [informal] (German), ohne Unterschied (German), indiscriminatamente (Italian), бас-көз демей (bas-köz demey) (Kazakh), алды-артына қарамай (aldı-artına qaramay) (Kazakh), бас-көзсіз (bas-közsiz) (Kazakh), bezkrytycznie (Polish), indiscriminadamente (Portuguese), indiscriminadamente (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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