不特定|ふとくていfutokutei[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjective, na-adjectiveunspecified; random; indefinite
Conjugation
Plain form不特定(ふとくてい)
Polite (desu)不特定です(ふとくていです)
Negative (dewa nai)不特定ではない(ふとくていではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)不特定ではありません(ふとくていではありません)
Past (datta)不特定だった(ふとくていだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)不特定ではなかった(ふとくていではなかった)
Te form (de)不特定で(ふとくていで)
Adverbial (ni)不特定に(ふとくていに)
Conditional (nara)不特定なら(ふとくていなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related一般的いっぱんてきNeutralNeutral. Stresses what is common or typical, as in 「一般的な考え」; it does not carry the sense of an unidentified, open-ended target that 「不特定」 has.
  • Antonym特定とくていNeutralNeutral. Restricts things to a definite, concrete target — the direct opposite of 「不特定」, where who or what is involved is left open.

Use 「不特定」 for an open, unidentified target — common in legal and public-health contexts, as in 「不特定多数の人」. Choose 「特定」 when the target is pinned down, and 「一般的」 for what is simply common or typical.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 特とくにそれと決きまっていないこと。
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