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UK
/ˌɪndɪskɹˈiːt/
]
[ US /ˌɪndɪsˈkɹit/ ]
[ US /ˌɪndɪsˈkɹit/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
lacking discretion; injudicious
her behavior was indiscreet at the very best
How To Use indiscreet In A Sentence
- Bloggers have resorted to public shaming, posting photos of manspreading offenders caught in the act of indiscreet sitting.
- The man was not chauvinist for cheating on his wife indiscreetly; he was simply a philandering husband.
- He is full of little jokes, poshly spoken but slyly funny, indiscreet and competitive too. Times, Sunday Times
- It was indiscreet of him to disclose that information.
- You keep stum about nulab's lying Chancellor and Prime Minister, applaud while they destroy our country, erode our democracy, freedom and civil liberties - yet scream your head off when Boris Johnson tells the truth, albeit a bit indiscreetly. Looks Like Boris Had a Point...
- Last summer I noticed some neighbours eyeing my backyard property most indiscreetly.
- His indiscreet comments were detailed in a leaked US embassy cable in which he was accused of acting "cockily" by Tatania Gfoeller, the US ambassador to Kyrgyzstan. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- The President gave to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the Supreme Court, who was going abroad for the summer, a letter which he was "indiscreetly" to show Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Balfour, and two or three other prominent Englishmen. Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography
- One mom who can't quite reconcile Connie's brown skin and black hair with my green-eyed blonde complexion asks indiscreetly, “Peruvian adoption?” to which I simply nod instead of asking, “Fertility treatments?” about the squalling brood in her triple-wide stroller. The Uninvited Guest
- In an indiscreet moment, the president let his genuine opinions be known.