unspecific

/ ˌʌnspɪˈsɪfɪk /

adjective

1. not explicit, particular, or definite

Example Sentences

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.

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The threat he posed was considered "too unspecific", according to one assessment, while one tip-off against him in September 2023 appears to have fallen through the cracks.

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He said local police took appropriate investigative measures, but the matter was unspecific.

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

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Civil War is "decidedly anti-war but firmly unspecific", she said, "assiduously avoiding any direct correlation to current politics or, it turns out, any politics at all".

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• ambiguous 
• fleeting 
• illusory 
• incomprehensible 
• puzzling 
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