generic
/dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk/
Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances; Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague
- comparative
- more generic
- superlative
- most generic
Meanings
- 1
Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances
- 2
Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise
- 3
Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class
- 4
Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereofrare
- 5
Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisexrare
- 6
Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameterrare
- 7
Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base fieldrare
- 8
Relating to genrerare
- 9
Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginalrare