unspecified
/ʌnˈspɛ.sɪ.faɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.
Example Sentences
- "Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide)."
- "Obviously, we must reject the existence of an unqualified or unspecified right to know. If the right to know did not require disclosure of only specific (types of) data or information, a person could be said to have a right to know just anything whatsoever."
- "Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center calls these unspecified sources of revenue “mystery meat,” and strongly suggests that nothing like this would actually happen."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English specified English unspecified From un- + specified.
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Synonyms
unspec.