promiscuous

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Bacteria are also "promiscuous," easily exchanging genetic material.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025

"This marks the first time we found anything that could increase parental care in the promiscuous group," Dr. Bendesky said.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

But it hardly needs saying that our long and promiscuous use of fossil fuels is a disaster.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

She had a difficult childhood, being placed as a teenager in Dublin in one of the notorious former Magdalene laundries, originally set up to incarcerate young girls deemed to be promiscuous.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

The harmony is in meltdown because Wagner has used chromaticism, the promiscuous use of all the subdivisions in the scale, to put you in an unsettling place.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall