Indiscriminating and Selective

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Indiscriminating adjective - Not discriminating.

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Selective is an antonym for indiscriminating.

Selective adjective - Tending to select carefully.

Usage example: we were highly selective about the music we listened to while trying out loudspeakers

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Indiscriminating is an antonym for selective.

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Selective and Indiscriminating. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/indiscriminating/selective

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