Synonyms for

Unspecified

Verb / ʌˈnspesʌˌfaɪd / Another word for unspecified — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

Not stated or described in detail; not identified or decided.

Synonyms & similar words

specified undefined indistinct unidentified unknown undetermined unresolved unclear vague ambiguous indefinite nameless faceless anonymous undesignated unlabeled unmarked unspecified unquantified unmeasured unidentified

Synonyms by register

Formal

vague ambiguous indefinite unclear

Informal

hazy fuzzy not clear wishy-washy

Literary

nebulous obscure shadowy

Antonyms

specified defined stated explicit clear particular detailed

Common collocations

  • unspecified amount
  • unspecified period
  • unspecified reason
  • unspecified location
  • unspecified details
  • unspecified nature
  • unspecified length

Word family

noun unspecification
adjective unspecified
adverb unspecifiedly

Usage note

Often used in legal or technical contexts to indicate that something has not been precisely defined or identified. Can sometimes imply intentional vagueness.

Example sentences

  1. The teacher gave us an unspecified amount of homework.
  2. The directions were unspecified, so we didn't know where to go.
  3. The meeting time was still unspecified.
  4. The company had unspecified plans for expansion.
  5. The recipe called for an unspecified amount of sugar.

Quotes

  • The human brain is a machine for the compression of information. Most of what we see and hear is never committed to memory; it is simply discarded. To store information, we have to generalize, to abstract it, to condense it. We reduce the world to a few key shapes, colours, qualities, and we use these to represent the full range of the unspecified and the unknown. - David Eagleman
  • The most singular thing about the sea is its astonishing variety. There are scarcely two square yards of its surface that are exactly the same in hue; it is never still; it is never the same from one minute to the next. It changes its color many times in the course of a day; and no two men see the same sea. To a sailor, it is an element that is alive and malevolent; to a fisherman, it is a melancholy waste; but to the ordinary person, it is an unspecified mass of water that is both friend and enemy. - John Winton
  • The true test of a civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out. The most important moral lesson which a child learns is the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong. He learns that there are certain things which he ought to do and certain things which he ought not to do. The next lesson he learns is that there are certain things which are unspecified, which he may do or may not do, as he chooses. - Theodore Roosevelt

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