indiscrimination

indiscrimination
/in'di skrim'euh nay"sheuhn/, n.
1. an act or instance of not discriminating.
2. the quality or condition of being indiscriminate or of not discriminating; lack of discrimination.
[1640-50; IN-3 + DISCRIMINATION]

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