unspecified

CEFRB2

/ʌnˈspɛ.sɪ.faɪd/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Not stated, identified, or described clearly enough.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center calls these unspecified sources of revenue “mystery meat,” and strongly suggests that nothing like this would actually happen.

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Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide).
1984, Stephen T. Mason, “Catecholamines and vegetative behaviour”, in Catecholamines and Behaviour, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section “Aggression”, page 333
Obviously, we must reject the existence of an unqualified or unspecified right to know. If the right to know did not require disclosure of only specific (types of) data or information, a person could be said to have a right to know just anything whatsoever.
2008, Transparency, Information and Communication Technology: Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business and Education
Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center calls these unspecified sources of revenue “mystery meat,” and strongly suggests that nothing like this would actually happen.
2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies

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