Inspecific
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪn.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inspecific is an adjective meaning (uncommon) Nonspecific, unspecific.
Meaning
(uncommon) Nonspecific, unspecific.
Example Sentences
[...]; 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.
From what we have seen (Chapter 2), we can expect uno si- to be an individualized impersonal reflexive; that is, to use an inspecific person acting in his own interest as representative of some larger group.
(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)
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unspecific, non-specific, unparticularized, nonspecific, nonspecified, underspecific.
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