How to Use nonspecific in a Sentence

nonspecific

adjective
  • The rash is nonspecific, pale pink, and mostly widespread on the neck and chest.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The rash is nonspecific, pale pink, and mostly widespread on the neck and chest.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • There was a vague and nonspecific plan floating over your weekend.
    — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The first signs are nonspecific, including fever, cough, a runny nose and red eyes.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The symptoms for glioblastoma are very nonspecific most times, too, with nausea and headaches chief among them.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 July 2022
  • There was a vague and nonspecific plan-balloon floating over your weekend.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Those symptoms are very nonspecific and can be present in any number of other conditions.
    — Mike Wehner, BGR, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Work with a local business and avoid businesses with vague, nonspecific names.
    — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Symptoms of lung infection are nonspecific and may include cough, fever, weight loss, shortness of breath and night sweats.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 July 2021
  • Nike nonspecific about plans to open a new store in North or Northeast Portland.
    — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In its place, there is only nonspecific pablum about the power of community.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The movie predicted a future full of gender-nonspecific clothes, a recurring theme in many great sci-fi films.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • The law is clear but also nonspecific, calling for equality of access.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Those who do have nonspecific symptoms such as a fever, a headache, rash, nausea, vomiting, aches and pains in the joints, eyes, muscles or bones.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 11 July 2024
  • But each of these is a nonspecific marker, Schaub says, and all of them can occur in patients who are seriously ill.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The nonspecific nature of some perimenopause symptoms can lead to dismissal.
    — Christine Koh, CNN, 25 June 2021
  • For now, the only treatment is a nonspecific antiviral drug, ribavirin.
    — Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Like so much of the play, the energy of the place is haunting and familiar, even while purposefully nonspecific.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Recent findings confirm how nonspecific these early symptoms can be.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 Dec. 2025
  • In the past few years, researchers have begun to learn how the innate immune cells, which are fairly nonspecific and short-lived, remember old invaders.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The symptoms are nonspecific, and there is no formal diagnosis or method to reach a diagnosis.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The Cryptococcus infection presents as lung disease with nonspecific flu-like symptoms, such as fever, cough and chest pain.
    — Murat Can Kalem, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Also unusual, his lymph nodes weren’t swollen—a common, nonspecific sign that the body is fighting off an infection or disease, such as skin cancer.
    — Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2020
  • In the new report, doctors describe how the man progressed from initially mild, nonspecific symptoms to pneumonia on the ninth day of his illness.
    — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Some may feel more tired than usual or notice vague discomfort or a feeling of fullness on the upper right side of the abdomen, but these signs are nonspecific and easy to overlook.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
  • For instance, in one of the 41 episodes McNear listened to, a guest made a nonspecific comment about big noses.
    — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The Crew 2 doesn’t even have fun with the inanity inherent in chasing nonspecific social media presence points.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018
  • Universal Friend adopted the name, uniform, and grooming of a nonspecific gender.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Experts have been forced to read between the lines of nonspecific military briefings, satellite imagery and shaky footage from the battlefield.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • This relates to the many different types of ILD, as well—the symptoms are usually quite nonspecific.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 24 Sep. 2021

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