specialized
adjective
invested with a special character or restricted to a special function or field of activity.
unspecialized
-
a word derived from
specialized.
Example Sentences
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These findings show that the transition from a flexible, unspecialized cell to one with a particular biological function does not happen at the same time throughout the embryo.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The FTX Group appears to have dealt with this difficulty by hiring an outside accounting firm that was, at the very least, too small and unspecialized to properly oversee the monster Bankman-Fried had created.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
Note that these high schools tend to operate under the same requirements as unspecialized schools—e.g., he can’t skip English, math, PE, etc.—so he’d still have to take some classes that he’s not interested in.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2020
Researchers have known for decades that a group of unspecialized stem cells called neoblasts help planaria regenerate.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 14, 2018
This is to be an endowment specifically for unspecialized literature, for untechnical philosophy that is, and the creative imagination.
From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
