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indiscrimination
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌɪn.dɪ.skrɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌɪn.dɪ.skrɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the failure to see or make a difference between two things or people, or the failure to make the correct choice between them:
The indiscrimination of bombing civilians, hospitals, and schools is considered a war crime.
Many people blamed the indiscrimination of the management in accepting new tenants.
The disaster affected the rich and the poor, and the young and the old with utter indiscrimination.
The landlord was criticized for his indiscrimination in allowing young people into the bar.
The children displayed indiscrimination in responding to carers and complete strangers.
She would sell her paintings with complete indiscrimination to anyone who was prepared to pay her.
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