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nonspecification

nonspecification adjective: not conforming or pertaining to a specification.

Adjective

nonspecification (not comparable)

  1. Not conforming or pertaining to a specification.
    • The wire fraud charge is related to the “receipt of electronic payment for inadequate and nonspecification work it knowingly performed on the contracts.”2008 June 21, Pam Belluck, “Big Dig Contractor Faces Charges in Tunnel Collapse”, in New York Times

Origin of nonspecification

From non- + specification.

Questions about nonspecification

What does nonspecification mean?
Nonspecification means not conforming or pertaining to a specification.
What part of speech is nonspecification?
Nonspecification is an adjective.

Words near nonspecification in the dictionary

  1. nonspecialty
  2. nonspecie
  3. nonspecies
  4. nonspecific
  5. nonspecifically
  6. nonspecification
  7. nonspecificity
  8. nonspecified
  9. nonspeckled
  10. nonspectacular
  11. nonspectral

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