unspecified

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/ʌnˈspɛ.sɪ.faɪd/

adjective

Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.

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Meanings

adjectiveunspecified (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.

    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.

    2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies
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    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).

    1984, Stephen T. Mason, “Catecholamines and vegetative behaviour”, in Catecholamines and Behaviour, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section “Aggression”, page 333

    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.

    2008, Transparency, Information and Communication Technology: Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business and Education

    Synonyms: unspec.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.

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adjectivenot stated explicitly or in detail

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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. Englishspecified
  9. Englishunspecified

From un- + specified.

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Translations

Bulgarian неустановен
  • неустановен (neustanoven)not specified
Danish uspecificeret
  • uspecificeretnot specified
Finnish täsmentämätön, yksilöimätön
  • täsmentämätönnot specified
  • yksilöimätönnot specified
Hungarian meghatározatlan, meg nem határozott
  • meghatározatlannot specified
  • meg nem határozottnot specified
  • nem meghatározottnot specified
Norwegian Bokmål uspesifisert
  • uspesifisertnot specified
Swedish ospecificerad
  • ospecificeradnot specified
Cite this entry
APA

unspecified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspecified

MLA

“unspecified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspecified. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspecified,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspecified.

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