selectiveness
- a word derived from selective.
Example Sentences
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“He’s handled himself well. Really like his selectiveness the last couple games,” Showalter said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
They have opted for inclusiveness over selectiveness, leaving no stone unturned.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
The selectiveness also lends status: the attuned eye immediately recognizes a Farrow & Ball red such as Incarnadine or Blazer.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
The degree of selectiveness that immigration law imposes has varied highly from group to group.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2014
In this way child's play, like primitive art, shows a certain unconscious selectiveness.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
