Generic

//d͡ʒɪˈnɛɹɪk//

Definitions

1
Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.
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broad
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specific
2
Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
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fuzzy unbranded
3
Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.

1
A product sold under a generic name.
2
A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
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Word Origin

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic; thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, general.

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