nonselective
Britishadjective
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They are nonselective, because every ground-dwelling animal may step into a wire snare and get caught, whether targeted or not.
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One of the major causes of wildlife declines in tropical forests is the use of nonselective wire snares.
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The first I heard of any nonselective high school trying that was in 2001.
From Washington Post
“Current data show that, on average, the nonselective small schools created in the years under study are getting their students to progress through the grades, earn passing scores on the necessary Regents exams, and graduate on time about 83 percent of the time,” he said.
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And candidly, they serve the more broadly egalitarian original purpose of HBCUs: to educate the descendants of enslaved people on a nonselective basis, regardless of financial ability, in both the humanities and in technical, mechanical and agricultural disciplines.
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