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Specify vs Underspecify - What's the difference?

specify | underspecify |

As verbs the difference between specify and underspecify

is that specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition while underspecify is to give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information: to specify incompletely.

specify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
  • To include in a specification.
  • To bring about a specific result.

    • Related terms

    * specifiable * specific * specification

    underspecify

    English

    Verb

  • To give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information: to specify incompletely.

    • Antonyms

    * (specify incompletely) overspecify