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Selective vs Unselective - What's the difference?

selective | unselective |

As adjectives the difference between selective and unselective

is that selective is while unselective is not selective; open and inclusive.

selective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the process of selection.(rfex)
  • (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
    • He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt.
  • (chiefly, US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
    • In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.

    Derived terms

    * selectiveness

    Related terms

    * select * selectivity

    References

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    Anagrams

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    unselective

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not selective; open and inclusive
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 28, author=Alan Finder, title=A Fighter for Colleges That Have Everything but Status, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“I’m preaching the virtues of the unselective small colleges, the ones that are inclusive rather than exclusive,” Mr. Pope said in an interview at his apartment in a retirement community here in the suburbs of northern Virginia. }}