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indiscreet (adjective), more indiscreet, most indiscreet
1. Relating to not having or showing good judgment; being careless: Repeating a confidence to another person which came from someone is an indiscreet action.
2. A reference to someone who reveals things that should not be shared with anyone else: Dale was indiscreet about his personal relationships with his girl friend; in other words, he told people about things that he should have kept secret.
Something which is unwise or foolish.
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indiscreet, indiscrete
indiscreet (in" di SKREET) (adjective)
Relating to the lack of good judgment and sensitivity; injudicious: Fred was making so many indiscreet remarks that the audience started to walk out because they were unable to tolerate such indiscretions.
indiscrete (in" di SKREET) (adjective)
Referring to something which is not divided or divisible into separate parts: There were layers of pages that were fused into an indiscrete bulky mass.

It would be indiscreet to believe that the crowd in the town square was indiscrete because there were obviously several different organizations waving their banners.

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indiscreet, more indiscreet, most indiscreet
Pertaining to something that should not be said or done because it is not acceptable or it is insulting another person. (1)
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