unspecifiable

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adjective

Unable to be specified.

Opposite
specifiable
OriginEnglish specifiable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunspecifiable (comparative more unspecifiable, superlative most unspecifiable)

comparative more unspecifiable · superlative most unspecifiable

  1. Unable to be specified.

    The development of an account of the biological underpinnings of behavior will be like the development of the atomic theory, a mixture of experimental, observational/clinical, and theoretical work that progressively reduces the number of unspecifiable parameters.

    2009 January 23, Helen Longino, “Perilous thoughts: comment on van Fraassen”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 1, →DOI, pages 25–32

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
specifiable
Also see
indescribableineffableinenarrablenamelessunutterable

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishspecify
  9. Englishspecifiable
  10. Englishunspecifiable

From un- + specifiable.

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APA

unspecifiable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspecifiable

MLA

“unspecifiable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspecifiable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspecifiable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspecifiable.

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