to underspecify

Examples

• All

• The instructions for the project were underspecified, leaving everyone confused about their roles.

• When the software was released, several features were underspecified, causing frustration among users.

• However, models of speech production remain underspecified with regard to lexical stress.

  Academic text (2012)

• Community-centered approaches are underspecified in prevention science.

  Academic text (2011)

• But where Iser underspecified his concept of the reader, Turner consistently claims plausibility for his approach by simply including everyone.

  Academic text (2002)

• Yet effective interventions fulfill their promise when they fit their implementation contexts, are implemented well with existing resources, and can be sustained or scaled up to new populations. Process research to inform the work that occurs before outcome evaluation and during scale-up efforts remains underspecified.

  Academic text (2011)

• Read-alouds are often mentioned as a practice that can develop oral language and other important literacy skills, but as Teale et al. (2010) suggest, "leaving the 'how' issues underspecified while drawing conclusions about what needs to be taught" does not provide enough guidance for practitioners who seek to provide quality instruction (p. 313).

  Academic text (2013)

• The teacher's guidelines were underspecified, making it difficult for students to understand the expectations.

Antonyms

C

to clarify

248 3.3

To make something clear so others can understand it

S

to specify

118 3.5

To give clear, exact details about something

How Specified

to specify

118 3.5

to underspecify

• Specialized

8.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology