Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underspecific

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-spe-cif-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not specific enough.

Example Sentences

"We show that exploiting diverse information sources can alleviate ambiguities that arise from contextual use of underspecific referring expressions and unexpressed argument alternations of verbs."

Etymology

From under- + specific.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

more underspecific (comparative) most underspecific (superlative)

Questions

What does underspecific mean?: Not specific enough.
Where does underspecific come from?: From under- + specific.

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