Meaning

9 senses
  1. Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.

    Capri pants can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants.

    allgemein, generisch, typisch

    о́бщийóbščij, обобщённыйobobščónnyj, всео́бщийvseóbščij

  2. Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.

  3. Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.

    Generikum

    нема́рочныйnemáročnyj, безма́рочныйbezmáročnyj

  4. Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.

    Holonym: familial

    Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific, specific

    artmäßig, gattungsmäßig, arttypisch

    родово́йrodovój, видово́йvidovój

  5. (nonstandard)Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.

    Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.

    This included criticism of the generic use of man to include men and women.

    о́бщийóbščij

  6. Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

    generisch

    обобщённыйobobščónnyj

  7. Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.

  8. Relating to genre.

    relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus

  9. Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.

    That movie was so generic; it was such a bore!

Examples

9 sentences
  1. We don't sell generics in this pharmacy.

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  2. Are generics as effective as brand name drugs?

    deSind Generika genauso wirksam wie Originalpräparate?

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  3. She purchased a generic version of a medication.

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  4. Generic medications are almost always cheaper.

    ruЛекарства-дженерики почти всегда дешевле.

    deGenerika sind fast immer billiger.

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  5. Generic ibuprofen is just as effective as name-brand ibuprofen.

    deIbuprofen-Generika sind genauso wirksam wie Marken-Ibuprofen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
very comprehensive:
not having a brand name:
of, or relating to a genus:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
very comprehensive:
not having a brand name:
of, or relating to a genus:

Origin

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.

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