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Meaning of "unselective" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSELECTIVE

unselective  [ˌʌnsɪˈlektɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSELECTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unselective is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNSELECTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unselective in the English dictionary

The definition of unselective in the dictionary is not selective or characterized by indiscriminate selection.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSELECTIVE


active
ˈæktɪv
antireflective
ˌæntɪrɪˈflektɪv
attractive
əˈtræktɪv
collective
kəˈlɛktɪv
dissective
dɪˈsektɪv
effective
ɪˈfɛktɪv
injective
ɪnˈdʒektɪv
intellective
ˌɪntɪˈlektɪv
interactive
ˌɪntərˈæktɪv
nondirective
ˌnɒndaɪˈrektɪv
nonelective
ˌnɒnɪˈlektɪv
noninfective
ˌnɒnɪnˈfektɪv
nonsubjective
ˌnɒnsəbˈdʒektɪv
objective
əbˈdʒɛktɪv
perspective
pəˈspɛktɪv
radioprotective
ˌraɪdɪəʊprəˈtektɪv
respective
rɪˈspɛktɪv
resurrective
ˌrezəˈrektɪv
surjective
sɜːˈdʒektɪv
unrespective
ˌʌnrɪˈspektɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSELECTIVE

unseeming
unseemliness
unseemly
unseen
unsegmented
unsegregated
unseizable
unseized
unseldom
unselected
unselectively
unself
unselfconscious
unselfconsciously
unselfish
unselfishly
unselfishness
unsell
unsellable
unseminaried

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSELECTIVE

addictive
alternative
constrictive
constructive
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
inactive
predictive
proactive
productive
prospective
reactive
reflective
reproductive
retrospective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of unselective in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unselective» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSELECTIVE

Find out the translation of unselective to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unselective from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unselective» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非选择性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no selectiva
570 millions of speakers

English

unselective
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unselective
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير انتقائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизбирательного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não seletivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unselective
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sélectifs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berselindung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unselektive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無差別の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비 선택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unselective
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unselective
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unselective
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न निवडलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seçici olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non selettivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieselektywne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невибіркового
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neselectivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unselective
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onselektiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oselektiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selektive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unselective

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSELECTIVE»

The term «unselective» is normally little used and occupies the 125.333 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSELECTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unselective

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSELECTIVE»

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1
Investigations in Universal Grammar: A Guide to Experiments ...
Although the Symmetrical Account differs from Heim's unselective binding approach in several respects, there are enough similarities between the two approaches to make it worth reviewing the mechanisms of unselective binding.
Stephen Crain, Rosalind Thornton, 2000
2
An Invitation to Cognitive Science
8c shows the target-absent predictions of an unselective serial search model. All items are assumed to be evaluated attentively, with the same evaluation time. I set the evaluation time to be 25 ms per item and the intercept to be 520 ms.
Daniel N. Osherson, Don Scarborough, Saul Sternberg, 1998
3
Papers in Philosophical Logic:
(21) 3<I> is true iff <& is true under some admissible assignment of values to all variables free in O These unselective quantifiers have not deserved the attention of logicians, partly because they are unproblematic and partly because strings of  ...
David Lewis, 1998
4
Type-logical Semantics
Lewis then proposes a new logical mechanism of unselective binding, in which a quantifier can bind all of the variables in its scope. He proposes notations V0 and 30, which he takes to bind all of the variables free in 0. This leads to the ...
Bob Carpenter, 1997
5
The Proceedings of the Twelfth West Coast Conference on ...
Unselective. Determiners. CHRIS. BARKER. Ohio State University This paper makes a case for analyzing quantificational determiners as unselec- tive quantifiers, just like their adverbial counterparts. Here I will use Lewis' (1975) term ...
Eve V. Clark, Erin Duncan, Donka Farkas, 1994
6
Youth and Leisure in an Urban Sprawl
There are greater proportions of girls from selective than from unselective schools predominantly interested in outdoor recreation only among the non- and medium sport-loving categories. In the very sport-loving group the selective school bias ...
Isabel Emmett, 1971
7
Foraging Theory
Being unselective with sedentary, simultaneously encountered prey is never the rate-maximizing policy (except when A = Ac; see Fig. 3.4[A]), because the average energy gain (e) and average handling time (h) for an unselective policy ( such ...
David W. Stephens, 1986
8
Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese: A Formal View
2.4. The. Proposal—Ge. as. a. Weak. Unselective. Determiner. in. Do. Having provided a characterization of a number of restrictions and patterns found with what has been referred to loosely as 'event ge', I would now like to argue that the  ...
Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu, 2004
9
Subcellular Fractions: Advances in Research and Application: ...
Current study results from the report, 'In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the phosphate carrier is a component of the mitochondrial unselective channel,' have been published. “The mitochondrial permeability transition (PT) involves the opening of ...
‎2012
10
Issues in Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 2011 Edition
Anodal block and unselective stimulation were applied in random order and compared by anorectal manometry and by the obtained colorectal evacuation. Evacuation was quantified scintigraphically after retrograde radioactive paste ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSELECTIVE»

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1
Elizabeth Gilbert's "I'm a Seduction Addict"--Well, That's a Fancy …
It's a basic principle of evolutionary psychology that men are notoriously unselective about the women they have sex with, especially after a few beers. It has to ... «Independent Women's Forum, Jun 15»
2
Surge in POS Malware Leading to Enormous Security Breaches - ABI
Securityweek.com published a report on 25th May, 2015 quoting researchers of FireEye as saying, "Even cybercriminals engaged in unselective spam ... «SPAMfighter News, Jun 15»
3
Greenpeace highlights fishing's 'Risky Business'
The new CFP requires that fishing opportunities be reduced for overfished stocks, and a 'no-discards' policy will be observed, making unselective fishing ... «World Fishing, Apr 15»
4
Risky Business: Don't put your money in unsustainable fishing
It's not such good news for those who make their money from destructive or unselective ways of catching fish. Greenpeace wants to make bankers and investors ... «Greenpeace International, Apr 15»
5
Felicia Nimue Ackerman: In Malory's world, men of action were men …
-Needy people are unselective. If someone is needy, how much can he love you, as opposed to loving just anyone who gives him enough affection to relieve his ... «The Providence Journal, Jan 15»
6
France: Importing conflict from, and exporting problems to the Middle …
The potential for Muslim aggression against the Jews was already present the moment France allowed millions of Muslims to immigrate, unselectively. A 2014 ... «Jerusalem Post, Jan 15»
7
Unable to pass bill, California lawmakers ask regulators to end …
“It's somewhat appalling that we're just simply allowing this gear type to continue off our coast, knowing how unselective it is,” said Geoff Shester, California ... «89.3 KPCC, Dec 14»
8
Letting in the Wrong Refugees
America's unselective and desultory asylum and refugee policies have also enabled jihadists of all stripes and blades to recruit, convert, plot, pillage, rape, and ... «National Review Online, Sep 14»
9
Lighting up the lab: Team harnesses light for controlled chemical …
The UV often used in industry carries so much energy that “it's dangerous to use, unselective, and prone to making unwanted byproducts.” Many chemicals exist ... «University of Wisconsin-Madison, Apr 14»
10
Edward Snowden asks Putin on live TV: Does Russia spy on millions?
And this is why it doesn't have a massive, unselective character here and cannot have in accordance with the law.” “Of course, we proceed from the fact that ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 14»

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