non-specific

Adjective

Meaning

non-specific (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of nonspecific

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

general generic generalized undefined unidentified inexact inexplicit unspecified unspecific nonspecific nonspecifically

Antonyms

specific specified sealed determinate

Examples

"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers? Bill Bailey

My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place. Ridley Scott

When people would come in with non-specific problems and we never quite got to the root of a medical diagnosis, it always seemed to me they were expressing problems in living, and that one needed to look at their problems in living, and how they manifested themselves in physical problems. Michael Marmot

DC-SIGN, a non-specific receptor for foreign material on dendritic cells, seems to be the main point of entry. Source: Internet

For example, the word dolce (sweetly) indicates a non-specific, but commonly understood soft and "sweet" timbre. Source: Internet

Generalised and non-specific beliefs about what the law might permit are not a defence. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

non-specialist non-specialized non-speciesist non-specific example non-specific immunity non-specific model