nonspecifically
Adverb
Meaning
without specificity
Source: WordNetSynonyms
generally
frequently
commonly
extensively
indefinitely
classically
customarily
faintly
basically
habitually
distractedly
wooly
crudely
broadly
unspecific
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nonspecifically staining substances
Sequence specificity Homeodomains can bind both specifically and nonspecifically to B-DNA with the C-terminal recognition helix aligning in the DNA's major groove and the unstructured peptide "tail" at the N-terminus aligning in the minor groove.
Ice crystal growth Guar gum retards ice crystal growth nonspecifically by slowing mass transfer across the solid/liquid interface.