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ADJECTIVE

particular, distinguishing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear-cut definite definitive different distinct exact explicit individual limited peculiar precise special specialized unambiguous unequivocal unique

STRONG

characteristic express set sole

WEAK

bull's eye categorical clean-cut cut fine dead on downright drawn fine especial flat out hit nail on head on target outright reserved restricted right on straight-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous careless common commonplace equivocal fuzzy imprecise inaccurate indefinite indistinct inexact like normal obscure ordinary resembling similar standard uncertain undefined unlimited unreliable usual vague

WEAK

general

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more specific

“That’s way more specific than he needed to be,” said Kurt Lewis, a former senior Fed adviser who is now head of central bank policy at investment bank Piper Sandler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Our hope is with optogenetics we'll get more specific treatments, so we just affect, for example, movement, which is a primary problem in Parkinson's."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

For the executives in the room, though, some of the issues are more specific.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

We’ve simply gotten more specific about which problems we would like it to solve.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

To be more specific: She was lost in a dream of long ago, a dream filled with laughter and Black Forest cake and sun-dappled meadows that rang with the singing of adorable birds— “Miss? Miss?”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

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