indiscrimination
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪ.skrɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.dɪ.skrɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/thefailuretoseeor make adifferencebetween two things orpeople, or thefailureto make thecorrectchoicebetween them:
The indiscrimination ofbombingcivilians,hospitals, andschoolsisconsideredawarcrime.
Manypeopleblamedthe indiscrimination of themanagementinacceptingnewtenants.
- Thedisasteraffectedtherichand thepoor, and theyoungand theoldwithutterindiscrimination.
- Thelandlordwascriticizedfor his indiscrimination inallowingyoungpeopleinto thebar.
- Thechildrendisplayedindiscrimination inrespondingtocarersandcompletestrangers.
- She wouldsellherpaintingswithcompleteindiscrimination to anyone who waspreparedtopayher.
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- for toffeeidiom
- fumble
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal
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discrimination