indiscreet
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːt
Adjective
[edit]indiscreet (comparative indiscreeter, superlative indiscreetest)
- Not discreet; lacking in discretion.
- 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic[1], Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:
- Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.
Usage notes
[edit]In modern standard spelling, indiscrete (not divided into discrete parts) is not to be confused with indiscreet (conspicuous; incautious).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]not discreet; wanting in discretion
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Adjective
[edit]indiscreet (comparative indiscreter, superlative indiscreetst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of indiscreet | ||||
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uninflected | indiscreet | |||
inflected | indiscrete | |||
comparative | indiscreter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | indiscreet | indiscreter | het indiscreetst het indiscreetste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | indiscrete | indiscretere | indiscreetste |
n. sing. | indiscreet | indiscreter | indiscreetste | |
plural | indiscrete | indiscretere | indiscreetste | |
definite | indiscrete | indiscretere | indiscreetste | |
partitive | indiscreets | indiscreters | — |