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inspecific

adj
/ˌɪn.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/CA/ˌən.spəˈsəf.ək/

Etymology

From in- + specific.

  1. derived from speciēs
  2. derived from specificus
  3. derived from specifique
  4. formed as inspecific — “in- + specific”

Definitions

  1. Nonspecific, unspecific.

    • [...]; in this case it is the indeterminate antecedent stage of an inspecific measurement process[.]
    • This is, of course, an optimism, and an inspecific optimism at that, since there is in it no antecedent commitment to just which normative concepts will prove sustainable in this way.
    • (1) Used to curse in an inspecific way the addressee or another person or thing referenced. “There never was such a murderer born into this wicked world as Adam Penfeather, with a curse!” (Roger Tressady, Black Bartlemy's Treasure 302)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inspecific. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA