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Recent Examples of unspecific
Initial symptoms are unspecific, including fever, headache, malaise, chills, joint pain, nausea, and vomiting.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
But he was forced to call off his tour with Crazy Horse at the halfway point due to an unspecific illness in the band.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Trump’s apparent predilection for strongmen, his skepticism of government institutions, and his attacks on the press are similarly unspecific to Africa.
—John Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2020
The criminal complaint against Anderson initially said blood was found throughout his home: on bedding in a bedroom, a stairwell wall to the basement, and in an unspecific location.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
But he was forced to call off his tour with Crazy Horse at the halfway point due to an unspecific illness in the band.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Trump’s apparent predilection for strongmen, his skepticism of government institutions, and his attacks on the press are similarly unspecific to Africa.
—John Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2020
The criminal complaint against Anderson initially said blood was found throughout his home: on bedding in a bedroom, a stairwell wall to the basement, and in an unspecific location.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecific
Adjective
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Asking about frustrations in a broad, theoretical sense is too vague to elicit actionable insights.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The reference is vague and does not signal any specific American commitment to safeguarding Ukraine’s security.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Issues like ambiguous requirements cause misalignment and rework, while inadequate testing environments delay validation and debugging.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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So this is in a very ambiguous state in an ambiguous country, and her mother’s illness is ambiguous.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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However, by the end of last year, that ambitious timeline had been put on indefinite hold to allow for, among other things, a clearer understanding of the NCAA’s evolving governance structure.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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The freeze is intended to be temporary—except for the IRS (the freeze is indefinite for the tax agency).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Douglas argued that the U.S. Constitution allows for several inexplicit rights, all of which flow from other protections explicitly stated in the document.—
Alexandra M. Lord,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2022
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Its particular target at that particular church on that particular morning remains the gesture’s one inexplicit feature.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Apr. 2021
Adjective
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The Biden administration will need to offer North Korea a more full-throated, less equivocal olive branch to transform the vicious cycle of provocation into a virtuous cycle of accommodation.—
Frank Aum,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2022
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Some conservative deficit hawks are much less equivocal.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Unspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecific. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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