indiscrimination

[ in-di-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn dɪˌskrɪm əˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun

an act or instance of not discriminating.

the quality or condition of being indiscriminate or of not discriminating; lack of discrimination.

Origin of indiscrimination

First recorded in 1640–50; in-³ + discrimination

OTHER WORDS FROM indiscrimination

in·dis·crim·i·na·tive, adjective

Words nearby indiscrimination

indiscreet, indiscrete, indiscretion, indiscriminate, indiscriminating, indiscrimination, indiscussible, indispensable, indispose, indisposed, indisposition

Example sentences from the Web for indiscrimination

Antonyms: indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity.
Putnam's Word Book|Louis A. Flemming
Now he can cease to "trouble heaven with his bootless cries" on the indiscrimination of death and the vanity of life.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Ecclesiastes|Samuel Cox
Let A be the original synthesis, or indiscrimination of vision and its sensations—of light and colours.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII.|Various
We do not envy most of them their eternal martyrdom in marble, their pillory of indiscrimination.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867|Various