unspecified

Examples

• All

• This trial currently has unspecified parameters.

  Doctor Jekyll (2023)

• Suppose the wholesale business was a front for some as yet unspecified illegal activity.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Can we get the unspecified help from the entire crew?

  Good Mythical Morning

• We broke with that priority at some unspecified point later.

• You are a practical man with a great, unspecified task ahead of you.

  Fiction book (2002)

• And she knew that she was capable of waiting until that unspecified future moment.

  Fiction book (1995)

• An unspecified number of inmates have been killed.

  Mercenary for Justice (2006)

• The plan would be implemented slowly and gradually, with small but unspecified numbers of refugees.

  Academic text (1990)

• Keen (1991) reported the use of an unspecified attitude scale on Australian elementary students.

  Academic text (1999)

• Lark and the Widow are meeting tonight to negotiate delivery of an unspecified package, which we can only assume is our missing plutonium.

  Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Synonyms

U

unidentified

vsunspecified

∞ 4.2

Not known or named

means the lack of stated detail rather than unknown identity

V

vague

vsunspecified

230 4.6

Not clear or detailed so you are unsure what is meant

is the neutral absence of stated detail rather than mere imprecision

I

indefinite

vsunspecified

39 4.0

Not clearly fixed or known, with no set end date

is simply unstated detail rather than instability of limits

U

undetermined

vsunspecified

20 4.6

Not yet decided or known

expresses lack of stated detail rather than a pending decision

I

indeterminate

vsunspecified

11 7.0

Not clearly known or decided

is a plain absence of specification rather than active uncertainty

U

undefined

vsunspecified

8 5.3

Not clearly limited or described

is a broader absence of specification, not only unclear limits

I

ill-defined

vsunspecified

5 6.5

Not clearly or exactly stated

is the general missing statement of specifics rather than poor exactness

U

underspecified

vsunspecified

• Specialized

1 7.7

Not clearly or fully described so important details are missing

is a general lack of specification rather than partial definition

N

nonspecified

vsunspecified

6.3

Not stated or described in detail

is the more common modern wording for that same lack of detail

U

unclarified

vsunspecified

6.2

Not explained clearly for people to understand

focuses on absence of explicit specification rather than explanation alone

U

unquantified

vsunspecified

7.5

Not measured or given an exact amount

refers to unspecifiedness in general, not only numeric lack

U

unelaborated

vsunspecified

7.9

Not fully developed and lacking important details

is the simple absence of stated detail rather than incomplete development

Antonyms

S

specified

• Formal

4.1

Clearly and exactly said or written, for example on a form

D

defined

3.2

Easy to see because it has clear edges and shape

How Specific

explicit

142 4.8

specified

• Formal

4.1

unspecified

27 4.8

unclear

207 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology