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generic /dʒɪˈnɛrɪk /adjective1Characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific: chèvre is a generic term for all goat’s milk cheese...- One final point of emphasis: this evaluation should be done in terms of generic deployments, not specific ones.
- The interiors are neither universal nor generic but specific, tailored, and unpredictable.
- A lot of courses that I would be interested in aren't available in the summer, so I'm stuck with generic classes.
Synonyms general, common, collective, non-specific, inclusive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, broad, comprehensive, blanket, umbrella, sweeping, universal, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary 1.1(Of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name; not protected by a registered trademark.Very few countries had fully integrated brand name or generic drug industries within their borders....- His proposed amendment to protect cheaper, generic drugs has turned a big issue into a small one.
- Lumping brand-name and generic drugs together, drug prices rose 4 percent last year.
Synonyms unbranded, untrademarked, non-proprietary 1.2 derogatory Lacking imagination or individuality; predictable and unoriginal: generic dance-floor fillers the plot of the film isn’t just generic, it’s insultingly stupid...- The story is pretty generic and the action scenes vary in quality, some were crisp and exiting, others were muddled, digitally-enhanced blurs.
- The music throughout is nonvocal, so there's little distraction, and is fairly generic dance-style music that most viewers should find inoffensive.
- Musically, they are actually fairly good, in a generic sort of way.
2 Biology Relating to a genus.Most of his Famennian species are probably valid taxa, but their generic assignments need to be re-evaluated....- Sprinkleocystis ektopios is monotypic therefore generic and species diagnoses are redundant.
- He thought that most of the future work of the committee would be at the level about the species, at the generic and subgeneric levels.
nounA consumer product having no brand name or registered trademark: substituting generics for brand-name drugs...- Doctors often continue to prescribe brand-name drugs long after generics have appeared on the market.
- The company was clearly dipping into both the brand name and generics markets until the competition got serious.
- Like brand-name drugs, generics must be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and have an excellent safety record.
Origin Late 17th century: from French générique, from Latin genus, gener- 'stock, race'. Rhymes alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric |