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Recent Examples of unselective
The kind of person, in other words, who these days tends to start a college career—typically at an unselective school—but all-too-often ends up dropping out.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2012
The cult film Idiocracy (2006) imagines a future in which Americans' mental capacities have been degraded by generations of pop culture, junk food, and–how to put this delicately–unselective breeding.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Mar. 2022
With an unselective online-only model seeking to scale rapidly, Lambda is likely to end up somewhere between (free) MOOCs and (costly) for-profit online universities, which – given its ISA model – sounds about right.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Its wide muzzle suggests unselective bulk-feeding on grasses and low-growing herbs.
—Smithsonian, 8 May 2018
But Pakistani officials went to pains to say the toll was unselective, with Muslims and Christians among the dead and bereaved.
—Daniyal Hassan, Naila Inayat and Salman Masood, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2016
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2012
The cult film Idiocracy (2006) imagines a future in which Americans' mental capacities have been degraded by generations of pop culture, junk food, and–how to put this delicately–unselective breeding.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Mar. 2022
With an unselective online-only model seeking to scale rapidly, Lambda is likely to end up somewhere between (free) MOOCs and (costly) for-profit online universities, which – given its ISA model – sounds about right.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 28 May 2021
Its wide muzzle suggests unselective bulk-feeding on grasses and low-growing herbs.
—Smithsonian, 8 May 2018
But Pakistani officials went to pains to say the toll was unselective, with Muslims and Christians among the dead and bereaved.
—Daniyal Hassan, Naila Inayat and Salman Masood, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unselective
Adjective
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Defeated and afraid, the leadership in Helsinki settled into a long period of uncritical neutrality toward, if not subservience to, the Kremlin.—
Jussi M. Hanhimäki,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2024
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The Biden administration's response to Assad's ouster has been rapid, and largely uncritical, engagement with Jolani.—
Paul du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Experts say the four recent accidents should not be viewed as a systemic, nationwide problem, but rather as four random events that happened to cluster together in time.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Each random aside and unexpected focal point helps develop the characters, fleshing out Marshall, Frances, Copano, and Harrington beyond their function in the narrative.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Narrative has always felt very natural to me, probably because I was raised in a household of storytellers, and because formal linearity affords me a sense of aesthetic control over my very haphazard, exilic life.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2025
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But most of those efforts were haphazard, devolved into infighting among Chicanosauruses and didn’t develop into a full-fledged movement.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Its function is for undemanding use and its nostalgic output.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Nov. 2024
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The seemingly undemanding growth needed for EPS expansion appealed to us, especially at current valuation levels.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The aimless vessel was located near the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis around 11:30 a.m., the St. Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Without one, an aimless day can lead to overwhelm and delaying responsibilities, sources said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The doctors argued the removal was arbitrary and capricious, violating the Administrative Procedure Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Unions sued, calling the resignation offer unlawful, arbitrary and capricious The legal group Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit on Feb. 4 on behalf of labor unions representing more than 800,000 civil servants.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Its most striking element is a tall glassy lobby that will provide a grand entrance from the new plaza, but the rest of the building is driven by functional massing that’s been sheathed with a desultory screen of metal and glass.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Aside from a refreshingly unresolved ending (with a brief appearance from the titular apparatus), The Kissing Booth 3 is a desultory conclusion to a mostly upbeat series.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The seemingly slapdash document to overhaul the nation’s spending priorities created confusion throughout the federal government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Unselective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unselective. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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