indiscrimination

American  

[in-di-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɪn dɪˌskrɪm əˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of not discriminating.

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

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Other Word Forms

• indiscriminative
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of indiscrimination

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

Example Sentences

We have heard only too much lately of "Indiscriminate charity," with implied reproval, not of the Indiscrimination merely, but of the Charity also.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John