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

As Helen Zoe Veit tells it in “Picky,” a “childish” appetite used to be one characterized by zest and indiscrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Eager to follow this theory throughout the Maier bloodline, Marks sometimes displays the indiscrimination of that relative who has gone giddy on ancestry websites, tracing lineage until it blurs beyond recognition.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

It's interesting to see the "indiscrimination" many commentaries show, that this case is somehow talked about as similar to other police brutality/killing cases.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2016

The purpose of the Community Chest is to lessen the indiscrimination and waste of large-scale philanthropy by simple and effective cooperation.

From Time Magazine Archive

We do not envy most of them their eternal martyrdom in marble, their pillory of indiscrimination.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various