indiscreet

adjective

/ˌɪndɪˈskriːt/

(disapproving)

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not careful about what you say or do, especially when you reveal something secret or something that could be embarrassing or offensive
- One indiscreet comment could spoil the whole thing.
- it is indiscreet (of somebody) (to do something) It was indiscreet of him to disclose that information.
opposite discreet
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as indiscrete in the sense ‘lacking judgement’): from late Latin indiscretus ‘not separate or distinguishable’ (in medieval Latin ‘careless, indiscreet’), from in- ‘not’ + discretus ‘separate’ (past participle of discernere ‘discern’, the sense arising from late Latin discretio ‘separation’, from discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’).

单词	indiscreet
释义	indiscreet adjective /ˌɪndɪˈskriːt/ /ˌɪndɪˈskriːt/ (disapproving) Word Family discreet adjective (≠ indiscreet) discretion noun (≠ indiscretion) jump to other results not careful about what you say or do, especially when you reveal something secret or something that could be embarrassing or offensive One indiscreet comment could spoil the whole thing. it is indiscreet (of somebody) (to do something) It was indiscreet of him to disclose that information. opposite discreet Word Originlate Middle English (originally as indiscrete in the sense ‘lacking judgement’): from late Latin indiscretus ‘not separate or distinguishable’ (in medieval Latin ‘careless, indiscreet’), from in- ‘not’ + discretus ‘separate’ (past participle of discernere ‘discern’, the sense arising from late Latin discretio ‘separation’, from discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’).
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