nonspecific

1. 1.

   not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides

   “nonspecific enteritis”

   Antonymsspecific

   medicine · pathology

Questions about nonspecific

What does nonspecific mean?

nonspecific means "not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides".

How many syllables are in nonspecific?

nonspecific has 4 syllables: non-spe-cif-ic. The stress falls on "cif". In IPA it is /ˌnɑnspəˈsɪfɪk/.

What is the opposite of nonspecific?

The recorded antonyms are specific.

Is nonspecific a common word?

nonspecific is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.