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Definitions

unspecific

ADJECTIVE

elusive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous fleeting illusory incomprehensible puzzling slippery subtle tricky volatile

WEAK

baffling cagey deceitful deceptive difficult to catch elusory equivocal evanescent fallacious fraudulent fugacious fugitive greasy imponderable indefinable insubstantial intangible misleading occult phantom shifty shy stonewalling transient transitory

Antonyms

STRONGEST

definite honest intelligible stable understandable

WEAK

attracting confronting encountering enticing facing inviting

ADJECTIVE

general

Synonyms

STRONG

loose

WEAK

ill-defined imprecise inaccurate indefinite not partial not particular not specific uncertain undetailed vague

Antonyms

WEAK

abnormal circumscribed definite exact exceptional extraordinary individual limited novel particular rare singular specific unaccepted uncommon unique unusual

ADJECTIVE

indefinite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

infinite undefined undetermined unlimited

WEAK

broad confused doubtful dubious equivocal evasive general ill-defined imprecise indeterminable indeterminate indistinct inexact inexhaustible innumerable intangible loose obscure shadowy uncertain unclear undependable unfixed unknown unsettled unsure wide

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bounded definite finite limited

WEAK

certain distinct sure

ADJECTIVE

undefined

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous fuzzy unclear

WEAK

dim hazy indeterminate muddy obscure

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear

WEAK

bounded definite finite limited sure

Example Sentences

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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

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

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

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

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2024

A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed by Goodson’s family and is seeking unspecific damages.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 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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