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

• You're going to use great, nonspecific words to describe the gravity of the case.
• Security sources tell PTI that just last week the FBI sent out two nationwide bulletins warning of a nonspecific threat to railroads in Detroit and Los Angeles.
• The nonspecific offer: Let me know if there's anything that I can do.

• specific

News & Articles

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• Thomas W. Heinrich, MD
  Hypothyroidism is a common clinical disorder that psychiatrists frequently encounter. However, symptoms of thyroid dysfunction are often vague and nonspecific, which can lead to delayed or missed diagnosis.
  July 11, 2013 - Psychiatric Times

Quotes

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• Amy Welborn in Seattle Times
  From a theological point of view - well, you can't have 'purgatory' per se without God, without Christ,said Amy Welborn, a popular online Catholic commentator. "But given a vague, nonspecific Christ-less spirituality, I really don't see an...
• Asa Hutchinson in CNN
  Whenever we get this kind of intelligence, we regularly share that with our homeland security advisers in every state so they have the same information we have,Hutchinson said. "But whenever it is nonspecific, that means it is difficult to...
• Coen brothers in The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
  We don't really care, because it's just a given, when you get specific about a religion or even a region, somebody's going to get offended,Joel added. "It's going to happen no matter what you do, unless the story is so nonspecific and...