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unspecific

British  
/ ˌʌnspɪˈsɪfɪk /

adjective

  1. not explicit, particular, or definite

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If I was consistently tapping into events of my own life, I feel like that well would run dry at some point, or start to feel stale or unspecific.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

It was part of his 2024 general election platform, albeit in fairly unspecific terms.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Lin ruled that the NIH grants were suspended by form letters that were unspecific to the research, a likely violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, which regulates executive branch rulemaking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

Their notional policy agenda was almost universally unobjectionable, if also highly unspecific.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024

My mother had not been unspecific when she spake of her royal Egba parentage and my birthright.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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