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Antonyms for undiscerning


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-sur-ning, -zur-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɜr nɪŋ, -ˈzɜr-



Definition of undiscerning

Origin :
  • "action of perceiving," late 14c., verbal noun from discern. As a present participle adjective, attested from c.1600.
  • As in inattentive : adj negligent, not paying attention
  • As in oblivious : adj unaware, ignorant
  • As in thoughtless : adj absent-minded, unobservant
  • As in uncritical : adj casual, unfussy
  • As in blind : adj sightless
  • As in blind : adj indifferent
  • As in purblind : adj blind
  • As in uncomprehending : adj blind
  • As in unperceptive : adj blind
  • As in unseeing : adj blind
Example sentences :
  • For the undiscerning eyes of the boy were blind to the feet of clay.
  • Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
  • But the undiscerning were not only to be kept quiet, they were to be made happy.
  • Extract from : « Evolution, Old & New » by Samuel Butler
  • They are the notebooks of an omnivorous but indiscreet and undiscerning reader.
  • Extract from : « Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study » by Edward Hutton
  • She was a mother of high ideals and she was not undiscerning.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • Spiritually they are undiscerning, because imaginatively they are blind.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of the Far East » by Percival Lowell
  • Life isn't a story-book or we who live it undiscerning clods.
  • Extract from : « Ben Blair » by Will Lillibridge
  • Yet, undiscerning as she was, she was puzzled about her daughter's happiness.
  • Extract from : « Wife in Name Only » by Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay)
  • They had the undiscerning look of one whose mind is numbed, as hers might well be.
  • Extract from : « Lore of Proserpine » by Maurice Hewlett
  • Sir George, that angel, who deserved the first monarch in the universe, to be cast off by an undiscerning dolt!
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph » by Frances Sheridan
  • Ye scorn him with an undiscerning scorn; Ye cannot read the marvel in his eye, The still serene abstraction.
  • Extract from : « Alfred Tennyson » by Andrew Lang

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