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- adverb In a
nonspecific manner
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- adverb without specificity
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Examples
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These substances act nonspecifically, meaning they wipe out almost every type of microbe in sight—fungi, bacteria and some viruses—rather than singling out a particular variety.
vagablog: video night in kathmandu jlundberg 2007
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If sea bacteria could synthesize a drug to block kinases nonspecifically, then surely a team of chemists could make a drug to block only certain kinases in cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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If sea bacteria could synthesize a drug to block kinases nonspecifically, then surely a team of chemists could make a drug to block only certain kinases in cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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If sea bacteria could synthesize a drug to block kinases nonspecifically, then surely a team of chemists could make a drug to block only certain kinases in cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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There was a British mandate to nonspecifically divide the territory into Arab and Jewish states.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bernstein (Robert!) Denounces Human Rights Watch: 2009
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There was a British mandate to nonspecifically divide the territory into Arab and Jewish states, and an imperfect UN implementation of that mandate which put the West Bank in the hands of Jordan.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bernstein (Robert!) Denounces Human Rights Watch: 2009
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Maria Kanyova emoted madly but nonspecifically as Marie Antoinette; baritones James Westman (Beaumarchais) and Christopher Feigum (Figaro) were appealing and energetic.
‘Ghosts’ on a Budget 2009
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A The floppy, octopuslike shape would bind nonspecifically to many objects.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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A The floppy, octopuslike shape would bind nonspecifically to many objects.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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A The floppy, octopuslike shape would bind nonspecifically to many objects.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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