indiscriminating

adjective

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  1. uncritical
  2. unselective
  3. undemanding
  4. random
  5. haphazard
  6. aimless
Adjective
  • Remember to be open-minded, honest and uncritical regarding one another’s stances.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Any nonpartisan journalist or editor overseeing political coverage would balk at uncritical reporting on one side and full-on confrontation with the other.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of uncritical
Adjective
  • The kind of person, in other words, who these days tends to start a college career—typically at an unselective school—but all-too-often ends up dropping out.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2012
  • The cult film Idiocracy (2006) imagines a future in which Americans' mental capacities have been degraded by generations of pop culture, junk food, and–how to put this delicately–unselective breeding.
    Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Mar. 2022
Definition of unselective
Adjective
  • Its function is for undemanding use and its nostalgic output.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The seemingly undemanding growth needed for EPS expansion appealed to us, especially at current valuation levels.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of undemanding
Adjective
  • People Magazine Investigates The shooting appeared random at first, but police eventually unspooled a strange plot involving Li's ex-wife and a bitter custody dispute over their son, Arik, who has severe disabilities stemming from a medical misdiagnosis early in his life.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Spencer’s in one picture: random nic-nacs, over-the-top lingerie, and lava lamps in every possible color combination.
    Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of random
Adjective
  • However, neither his appearance nor his attitude was haphazard.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of relying on haphazard observations and product claims, the Outside Lab @ CU Denver set up an experiment to find out which travel mug keeps beverages warmest the longest.
    Adam Trenkamp, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of haphazard
Adjective
  • Critical possessions no longer feel aimless, as the Suns are flowing into their offense with intention.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Without his six other members filling the space around him, and in the absence of a packed schedule keeping him hurdling full speed ahead, RM (born Kim Namjoon) is loose, unguarded, often introspective and occasionally gleefully aimless.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of aimless
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