indiscriminately
Ignoring all distinctions
Indiscriminately means without distinction or selectivity—applying the same treatment to everything regardless of differences.
Bombs dropped indiscriminately kill civilians and combatants alike.
He handed out candy indiscriminately to every child.
The word often carries negative connotations, suggesting carelessness or lack of judgment: She indiscriminately forwarded every email she received.
Lacking organization or plan
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
- scattershotBroadly unfocused approach
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
willy-nilly · helter-skelter · pell-mell · hit-or-miss · slapdash · unmethodical · unsystematic · disorganized
Bulk sales to merchants
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- wantonlyWithout justification or care
- rampantlyIn an unchecked manner
- promiscuouslyWithout careful selection
lavishly · liberally · freely · abundantly · copiously · excessively · unrestrained · unbridled
Lacking discerning judgment
- unselectiveWithout standards for choosing
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- blanketSoft bed covering
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
broad-brush · nonselective · unfiltered · untargeted · undifferentiated · mass · bulk · catch-all
Fair to all parties
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- impartialShowing no preference
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
- equitableJust and unbiased
fair · unprejudiced · objective · neutral · dispassionate · across-the-board · equal-opportunity · uniformly
haphazard
Lacking organization or plan
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
- scattershotBroadly unfocused approach
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
chaotic · willy-nilly · helter-skelter · pell-mell · hit-or-miss · slapdash · unmethodical · unsystematic · disorganized · orderless
wholesale
Bulk sales to merchants
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- wantonlyWithout justification or care
- rampantlyIn an unchecked manner
promiscuously · lavishly · liberally · freely · abundantly · copiously · excessively · unrestrained · unbridled · unchecked
uncritical
Lacking discerning judgment
- unselectiveWithout standards for choosing
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- blanketSoft bed covering
sweeping · broad-brush · nonselective · unfiltered · untargeted · undifferentiated · mass · bulk · catch-all · all-comers
evenhanded
Fair to all parties
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- impartialShowing no preference
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
equitable · fair · unprejudiced · objective · neutral · dispassionate · across-the-board · equal-opportunity · uniformly · universally
indiscriminatelyselectively
With careful choosing
discriminately · discriminatingly · choosily · exclusively · specifically
indiscriminatelydeliberately
Done with intention
intentionally · purposefully · methodically · systematically · strategically
indiscriminatelycarefully
With deliberate attention
cautiously · prudently · circumspectly · gingerly · meticulously
- indiscriminate bombingAerial attacks ignoring targets