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Recent Examples of unspecific
The remark, though unspecific, was not lost on advocates hoping to bolster the programs.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
Biden, in delivering his stark warning about the course of power in the United States, was reserved, unspecific.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Vague, kid-friendly proclamations about giving a little love to change the world were exchanged for lyrics depicting a more mature, albeit still unspecific, approach to romance.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Three months after calling off his summer tour with Crazy Horse due to an unspecific illness in the band, Neil Young returned to the concert stage Saturday evening at Farm Aid in Saratoga Springs, New York.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
Biden, in delivering his stark warning about the course of power in the United States, was reserved, unspecific.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Vague, kid-friendly proclamations about giving a little love to change the world were exchanged for lyrics depicting a more mature, albeit still unspecific, approach to romance.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Three months after calling off his summer tour with Crazy Horse due to an unspecific illness in the band, Neil Young returned to the concert stage Saturday evening at Farm Aid in Saratoga Springs, New York.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecific
Adjective
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For the most part, courts have upheld that states have the authority to ban campaign speech in the polling place but often strike down the statute involved as being too vague.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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But what is the national character if not a vague feeling?—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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With stunning celerity, possibility becomes probability and then certainty, as readers reject the quiet, circuitous, and unglamorous narratives of prudential compromise, ambiguous diplomacy, or incremental progress.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Ibsen’s choice to use Hedda’s maiden name for the play speaks to her resistance to the strong presence of men in her life; DaCosta’s choice to remove the surname entirely speaks to a rejection of patriarchal identity, replaced with an ambiguous void that Hedda herself doesn’t know how to fill.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The justices’ pointed questions suggested unease with the idea of indefinite, unilateral tariff authority based on emergency declarations.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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After a temporary return to work, about 1,200 workers will be placed on indefinite layoff, the company confirmed Tuesday.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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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
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But both the text and the history of Article II are far more equivocal than the current Court has been suggesting.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Western blot: If the ELISA is positive or equivocal, this more specific test is used to help confirm the presence of Lyme antibodies.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Unspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecific. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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