nonspecific

Example Sentences

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Part of the reason chronic Lyme has always been controversial is that its symptoms are so nonspecific.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

They are the broad, nonspecific response of your body, which is bolstering your immune system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

There were placeholders and they were nonspecific enough that we felt that they’d be appropriate — the scene was Abbott on the roof, I make reference to having made a speech, the speech was TBD.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

“Due to the nonspecific presentation and limitations in testing for this virus in most countries, the number of reported cases are an underestimate of the true burden of disease.”

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

Or can we use a nonspecific fungicide without also killing the fungi that inhabit the roots of many trees in a beneficial association that aids the tree in extracting nutrients from the soil?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson