indiscriminatamente

indiscriminately

adverb een-dee-skree-mee-NAH-tah-men-teh Rare

Usage Note

Indiscriminatamente is formed from indiscriminato + -mente and carries the sense of acting without distinction or selectivity. It is predominantly used in formal, journalistic, or legal contexts (sparare indiscriminatamente — to shoot indiscriminately). In everyday speech, a casaccio (randomly, haphazardly) is more idiomatic.

Examples

"I proiettili colpivano indiscriminatamente la folla."

Natural Translation

The bullets struck the crowd indiscriminately.

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