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US
/dʒəˈnɛɹɪk/
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[ UK /dʒənˈɛɹɪk/ ]
[ UK /dʒənˈɛɹɪk/ ]
NOUN
- any product that can be sold without a brand name
- wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)
ADJECTIVE
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applicable to an entire class or group
is there a generic Asian mind? -
relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
the generic name -
(of drugs) not protected by trademark
`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'
How To Use generic In A Sentence
- Silence is the rule for our heroes, and that means a bit of extra claustrophobia to scenes that would otherwise be totally generic.
- Parmesan is a generic term used to describe a family of hard Italian cheeses.
- Such bigeneric cross plants do occur rarely in nature, and have at times also been artificially created in the horticultural field.
- The term "administrator" is a generic title used to indicate the person who is responsible for enforcing the Uniform Securities Act in a state. Series 63, Series 65 Or Series 66?
- The largest number of instances of this malformation, not merely generically, but also individually, occurs in plants the members of whose floral whorls are not united one to the other; thus, it is far more common in polypetalous plants than in gamopetalous ones. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- The number of individuals is infinite; the generic or specific nature of all being is a unit, or to be apprehended as one only thing; from this one conception we give the genuine measures of all existence, and therefore we affirm that a certain class of beings are rational and discoursive. Essays and Miscellanies
- In this study, two types of measurement models were assessed, namely one-factor congeneric models and multi-factor models.
- A new patient came into the office recently and told me she picked me over my partners because of the sheer amount of material displayed under my generic bio information on our practice website.
- The status of many Eurasian species of Late Devonian cyrtospiriferid brachiopods require careful restudy to properly assess their generic status and assignment to morphologic/phylogenetic groups of Cyrtospirifer outlined below.
- A few kilometers outside the Park and summit area, congenerics found include the legume Adenocarpus foliosus, the bugloss Echium virescens and the daisy Argynantemum frutescens. Teide National Park, Spain