unspecific C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌʌnspəˈsɪfɪk/ UK /ˌʌnspəˈsɪfɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not definite or precise; vague His answers were so unspecific that no one knew what he intended. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not definite or precise; vague vaguegeneralindefiniteimpreciseambiguousbroad ↔ Opposites specificprecisedefiniteexactparticular Word family Derived forms unspecifically Related forms specificspecifyspecification Etymology AI details From un- ('not') + specific, from Late Latin specificus ('constituting a kind'), from Latin species ('kind, appearance') + facere ('to make'). un- Old English species Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # unspecific **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌʌnspəˈsɪfɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnspəˈsɪfɪk/ ## Meanings 1. not definite or precise; vague ## Examples - His answers were so unspecific that no one knew what he intended. ## Synonyms - vague - general - indefinite - imprecise - ambiguous - broad ## Antonyms - specific - precise - definite - exact - particular ## Derived Forms - unspecifically ## Related Forms - specific - specify - specification ## Roots and Affixes - Root: un- - Root: species ## Etymology From un- ('not') + specific, from Late Latin specificus ('constituting a kind'), from Latin species ('kind, appearance') + facere ('to make'). ## AI Etymology Unspecific is from un- ('not') + specific, from Late Latin specificus ('constituting a kind'), from Latin species ('kind, appearance') + facere ('to make'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English) and species (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers not definite or precise; vague. The wider family includes derived forms such as unspecifically and related words such as specific, specify, and specification. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown