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INDISCREETNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indiscreetness mean?
• INDISCREETNESS (noun)
The noun INDISCREETNESS has 1 sense:
1. lacking good judgment
Familiarity information: INDISCREETNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking good judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
indiscreetness; injudiciousness
Hypernyms ("indiscreetness" is a kind of...):
discernment; judgement; judgment; sagaciousness; sagacity (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)
Derivation:
indiscreet (lacking discretion; injudicious)
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