unspecialized

un·spe·cial·ized

(ŭn-spĕsh′ə-līzd′)

adj.

1. Without specialty or specialization.

2. Having no special function: unspecialized cells.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

unspecialized

(ʌnˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd) or

unspecialised

adj

not specialized

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Adj.

unspecialized - not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function

unspecialised

general - applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"

specialised, specialized - developed or designed for a special activity or function; "a specialized tool"

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

However, the observed trends of increasing importance of rock crab and of decreasing importance of bivalves with increasing lobster size were consistent with the analyses of Scarratt (1980) and of Carter and Steele (1982b), and they suggest that lobsters are not simply opportunistic or unspecialized feeders (see Elner and Campbell, 1987).

Ontogenetic shifts in natural diet during benthic stages of American lobster (Homarus americanus), off the Magdalen Islands

A stem cell is unspecialized and can transform and multiply into specialized cells for the heart, brain, skin, and other tissues.

Stem Cells Controversy

Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can renew themselves indefinitely and, under the right conditions, can develop into more mature cells with specialized functions.

New limits on funding of stem cell research questioned

For example, firms with specialized resources may find it more efficient to integrate vertically, whereas those with unspecialized resources may opt for outsourcing

The Use of Intermediate Sourcing Strategies

The data presented here suggest that the unspecialized primary care gatekeeper model may have limited effectiveness in addressing the specialized service needs of people with mental illness, and perhaps of other populations with special needs as well.

Primary Care Satellite Clinics and Improved Access to General and Mental Health Services

The role of unspecialized pollinators in the reproductive success of Aldabran plants.

HURRICANE CAUSES RESOURCE AND POLLINATION LIMITATION OF FRUIT SET IN A BIRD-POLLINATED SHRUB

Someday the body will produce new skin from unspecialized cells called [ ] [ ].

What If ..

My unspecialized experience has taken place in this "ambivalent scene of agency." More accurately, this scene has constituted my career, and continues to do so, I suppose, with the forthcoming book co-edited by someone (me) who does not speak Spanish and whose professional experience of Latin American popular culture has been limited to teaching I, Rigoberta Menchu, once.

AFFILIATION AND MOURNING IN A CAREER OF SPECIALIZATION

These include access to equipment and specialized and unspecialized labor.

Knowledge production, publication productivity, and intimate academic partnerships

The fact of the matter is that African economies are too unspecialized to allow for econometric procedures, as are used in developed countries.

Economic Models and Practice in Africa

It is a pity, of course, that you should have to adjust your highly specialized faculties to our unspecialized ones.

Sex before gender: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the evolutionary paradigm of utopia

As with farmers and other craftsmen in the unspecialized economy, the watchword of the printer was `safety first.'(11)