How to Use unspecific in a Sentence

unspecific

adjective
  • One of the nice, dreamy touches of the film is that the barbarians are unspecific as to race or region.
    Mick Lasalle, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • This cancer is known to spread quickly throughout the body but signs tend to be very unspecific early on.
    Kasim Kabbara, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2021
  • An ambient and unspecific sense of death that keeps you from your senses.
    Stephanie Danler, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
  • There are more important statewide needs for our tax resources than this unspecific fund.
    Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • His threats were often hazy or unspecific, and therefore easily dismissed as just a troll or bad joke.
    Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2022
  • Kalani Sitake was specifically unspecific when talking about why BYU has looked so unprepared to start games this the past month.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Generic and unspecific answers are just as bad as non-answers.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The Air Force said the aircraft was used to conduct unspecific experiments.
    Leada Gore, AL.com, 8 May 2017
  • There’s nothing vague or unspecific about exactly what body parts men’s hands keep ending up on.
    Hillary Kelly, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Instead, the state hopes to mitigate the unique risks faced by artists by mandating an unspecific reduction in rehearsal time.
    cleveland, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Right now, Portsmouth is home to a monument dedicated to 655 unspecific Confederate soldiers who died in the area around the town.
    Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Similarly unspecific but equally joyful noises come from the rest of the group.
    Dina Mishev, idahostatesman, 23 Jan. 2018
  • For as long as there are few specific rules in the UK and political promises continue to be vague, that fear will remain amorphous and unspecific.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • The menu intentionally keeps some language unspecific — root vegetables, greens, pickles, and so on — so the kitchen can make use of what’s on hand, reducing food waste.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
  • Murdaugh’s way from Pamela Pinckney’s trust under the false and fictitious guise of unspecific case expenses.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 5 May 2022
  • Prosperie is seeking judgment against the defendants and an unspecific amount in damagest.
    NBC News, 14 June 2018
  • Lorain school officials posted on Facebook that Lorain police tracked an unspecific threat to a student in that city.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Young, who started nine games at free safety as a freshman, was suspended for spring practice for unspecific reasons, per Sumlin.
    Michael Lev, azcentral, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The moralized vague, the unspecific, has the advantage of being incontestable.
    Michael Upchurch, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • The latest explanation of the DOE’s change remains unspecific.
    Cheryl Rofer, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Its story was unspecific enough to be a crossover hit because its narrative was universal.
    Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2023
  • But the early episodes bungle their dynamic, with an unspecific friendship that's relegated to the sidelines.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Fungi often lead to unspecific symptoms and are hard to culture, and rapid, accurate diagnostic tests are scarce.
    Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The school system said on Facebook that federal, state and local authorities need more time to investigate the unspecific threat.
    Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Instead, after a decently funny start in Tuesday’s premiere,Great News quickly sinks into a sea of unspecific silliness — unrelated to the way any news show runs.
    Robert Bianco, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Both of them were hospitalized with unspecific injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
    oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Efforts to reach the utility via phone and social media have gotten unspecific responses.
    Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • But those categories are broad and unspecific, and can be gamed by sophisticated applicants and parents..
    The Week Staff, The Week, 5 Oct. 2018
  • The messages included unspecific threats of violence against the president and white residents of Westport.
    Zach Murdock, courant.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • In his countersuit, which is being heard along with Corfman’s claims, Moore asked for similar unspecific financial damages.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2022

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