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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Whether in the roots, branches, flowers or leaves, virtually all tissues of a plant descend from small groups of unspecialized stem cells that produce new cells by dividing.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
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
Women's household occupations, so far as retained in the home, are unspecialized.
From What the Schools Teach and Might Teach by John Franklin Bobbitt
