genericadjective
uk/dʒəˈner.ɪk/us/dʒəˈner.ɪk/formal shared by, typical of, or relating to a whole group of similar things, rather than to any particular thing:
The new range of engines all had a generic problem with their fan blades.
generic drugs or other products do not have a trademark and are sold without the name of the company that produced them
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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetype
- be sb all over idiom
- betoken
- by way of idiom
- genre
- hold
- mark
- Mr
- Mrs
- quintessential
- representative
- resemble
- stand
- true
- trust
- trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
- typical
- typically
- typify
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genericnoun [ C ]
uk/dʒəˈner.ɪk/us/dʒəˈner.ɪk/a product, especially a drug, that is no longer owned or legally controlled by a particular company:
The biggest difference between the brand-name drugs and the generics is price.
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Products & producers
- begetter
- boondoggle
- brand
- by-product
- cash crop
- commodity
- generically
- goods-producing
- haberdashery
- ironmonger
- loss leader
- production
- range
- seller
- shopping
- spin-off
- stock
- supply side
- swadeshi
- unit
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