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Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English specify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English specifiable English unspecifiable From un- + specifiable.
Meanings
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Unable to be specified.
The development of an account of the biological underpinnings of behavior will be like the development of the atomic theory, a mixture of experimental, observational/clinical, and theoretical work that progressively reduces the number of unspecifiable parameters.
2009 January 23, Helen Longino, “Perilous thoughts: comment on van Fraassen”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 1, →DOI, pages 25–32:
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| more unspecifiable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |