nonselective
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.sɪˈlɛk.tɪv/
:
no selectivo
- Although it has never been more difficult to gain admission to the most selective schools in the United States, many relatively nonselective schools admit the vast majority of their applicants, and these schools are under increasing pressure to fill entering classes.
- nonselective herbicide
- nonselective college
- nonselective beta blockers
Examples
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Nonselective harvesting is permitted only in the two conditional beds in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands (Brooks and the 180 Fathom Banks).
Academic text (1993) -
Although these controls can eliminate small and young stands, they are costly, require continued long-term maintenance, and, in the case of herbicides, are nonselective and environmentally degrading.
Academic text (1993) -
Their voices were heard, and the nonselective, open enrollment policy was continued.
Academic text (2003) -
The participants attended a small, private, nonselective liberal arts college located in a large city in the Midwestern United States.
Academic text (2014) -
At the same time, Dallas has nonselective magnet enrollment, and a high percentage of applicants to magnets are enrolled.
Academic text (1992) -
At a further extreme, nonselective admissions can actually produce a situation in which students read and write at a grade-school level, which no doubt explains the note of impatience in the voice of the mayor of New York as he called recently for an end to open admissions at CUNY: "Open enrollment is a mistake..."
Academic text (1999) -
The nonselective fungicides currently used on some commercial crops also kill the beneficial epiphytes that may naturally inhibit the proliferation of their disease-causing cousins.
Academic text (2001) -
Because the otter trawl used in this fishery is nonselective, it has a direct impact on important finfish utilized in other directed commercial and recreational fisheries.
Academic text (1997) -
Duax argues that most comparisons of magnet and non-magnet schools indiscriminately lump academically selective magnets with nonselective magnets.
Academic text (1992) -
Many pesticides are nonselective, meaning they can harm beneficial organisms such as bees and birds while targeting pests.
Synonyms
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4.9
Open to more than one person or group at the same time
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6.5
Including everyone, especially people who might be left out
Not limited to one area or skill and useful in many situations
Covering many different kinds and not fitting one group
Not giving an advantage to one person or group over others
Accepting many different kinds without choosing between them
Not choosing carefully and not preferring one kind over another
Antonyms
How Selective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonselective is made of non- meaning 'not' and select meaning 'to choose', as in selection. So nonselective describes something that does not pick a specific type and instead affects or accepts many kinds.