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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
indiscreet
in·dis·creet AW BrE [ˌɪndɪˈskriːt] NAmE [ˌɪndɪˈskriːt] adjective not careful about what you say or do, especially when this embarrasses or offends sb •an indiscreet comment •It was indiscreet of him to disclose that information. Opp: ↑discreet Derived Word: ↑indiscreetly Word Origin: [indiscreet indiscreetly] late 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’). Example Bank: •One indiscreet comment could spoil the whole thing.
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