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ind-i-SKRIM-in-uh-t/ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət/

Indiscriminate means done without thought of who or what is affected: indiscriminate cuts, indiscriminate sampling. Unselective is the close twin; taking “whoever is in the foyer” is not a frame.

Meaning

Done without careful choice or without thinking who is affected.

Examples

• “An indiscriminate drop of the night slice still belongs in the limitations.”
• “Indiscriminate foyer intercepts are not a sampling frame.”
• “Wholesale is the scale twin. Random, done properly, still has a rule. A foyer is a convenience. A named list with a date is methods. Draw from the list; then stand in the foyer if the protocol still sends you there.”

Good to know

Without selecting who/what is affected. Close: unselective. A foyer queue ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

unselective, wholesale

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