Meaning & use
unspecific
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Not detailed or precise; vague or general.
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His unspecific answers left the committee with more questions than before.
The instructions were so unspecific that no one knew where to start.
A note on using this word
"Unspecific" and "nonspecific" are near-synonyms, though "nonspecific" is more common in scientific and medical writing.
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