indiscriminately.

Without choosing carefully or making relevant distinctions.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• attack indiscriminately
• apply indiscriminately
• use indiscriminately

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The rule was applied indiscriminately to cases that required very different judgments.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Invariable adverb. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.