indiscreet

Example Sentences

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He said at the time the couple had assumed the information in the article came from a leak "within the ambulance or hospital, somebody being indiscreet".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Her essential judgments on persons and events, as quoted, make her look wise and perceptive, which is her general reputation, but she was also indiscreet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

So he put it on her forehead instead, but it trickled onto her nose, where it would have been indiscreet to wipe it away, however much it may have tickled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

Outside of the House of Commons in Ottawa, François Philippe Champagne, the industry minister, who has also recently criticized China, dismissed suggestions that Mr. Trudeau had been indiscreet.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Nothing so indiscreet as a price tag, which means outrageous.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood