UNSPECIFIC Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

unspecific

adjective

Definition of unspecific

as in vague

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Recent Examples of unspecific The government will be fictional and unspecific, but the problems will be real. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Although calls for violence from ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Iranian terror groups have reportedly intensified since America’s war with Iran began, these appeals are typically vague and unspecific. — Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026 The group confirmed the news Saturday (February 8) on their official social media, sharing that Smith died after an unspecific illness. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2026 The book begins by the deathbed of an elderly sister whose two remaining sisters have a falling out over cake—the kind of domestic spat that becomes mythic and completely unspecific, the details lost in a lingering fog of resentment. — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unspecific

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Adjective

Even as strong as the UNEP report is, the language of who does mitigation is so vague as to almost verge on the passive voice.

— Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
North Korea issued a vague expression of regret over the soldiers’ injuries without clearly accepting responsibility.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of vague

Adjective

In fact, mathematicians already know that knots of two or more links have ambiguous polynomials.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Because a decision appears to have been made in the Salvadoran case, then paused, without any public clarification, the situation is more ambiguous.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of ambiguous

Adjective

Spain’s government has pledged to announce housing measures Tuesday, as protesters call for indefinite rental contracts and an end to evictions when no alternative housing is available.

— Alicia León, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract covers initial procurement and future orders of PrSM Increment 2, along with follow-on production and continued development.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

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