Unspecified

//ʌnˈspɛ.sɪ.faɪd// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented. not-comparable

    "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)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not stated explicitly or in detail wordnet

Synonyms

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abstractaleatoricaleatoryamorphousanonymousbland

Example

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"Tom was arrested on unspecified charges."

Etymology

From un- + specified.

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