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Synonyms for selective
sɪˈlɛk tɪvse·lec·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
selectiveadjective
tending to select; characterized by careful choice
"an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown
Antonyms:
indiscriminating, inclusive, undiscriminatingselectiveadjective
characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
"the school was very selective in its admissions"
Antonyms:
undiscriminating, inclusive, indiscriminating
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "selective":
targeted, sélectif, non-selective, selectivity, non-selectivity, highgrading, size-selective, picky, choosy, selected
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1392 | selected | |
#5667 | targeted | |
#9274 | selective | |
#28664 | selectivity | |
#32099 | picky | |
#116211 | choosy |
How to use selective in a sentence?
The Commission's state aid investigation is ongoing and will continue. We are examining the concerns that the tax ruling granted by Luxembourg to Amazon is providing the company with selective advantages.
Everything that comes tends to be selective in nature. There won't be a new glyphosate. That was probably a once-in-a-lifetime product.
Some of the listed EV industry leaders are currently underperforming in the secondary trading market and that has created pressures for the sector's short-term outlook, we are seeing investors become more cautious, selective and keenly focused on the frontrunners. I think this trend is likely to persist.
Identifying those children who are moderate to severely selective eaters as possibly having mood or sensory issues as well can aid pediatricians in identifying those at-risk children, in doing so, then we can be better able to make the appropriate referrals to any or all of the following: nutritionists, feeding therapists who can help with sensory issues to food, and specialists in pediatric behavior and development, who can help aid the child and the family working with the child.
The death of the market maker model is overplayed. It is not one or the other, clearly the pricing of risk was too low and it has returned to more sustainable levels ... The market maker model is becoming more selective, people (in banks) are looking more ruthlessly at businesses.
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- انتقائيArabic
- vybíravýCzech
- wählerischGerman
- εκλεκτικόςGreek
- selectivoSpanish
- انتخابیPersian
- selektiivinen, valikoivaFinnish
- sélectifFrench
- selettivoItalian
- seletivoPortuguese
- selectiv, de selecțieRomanian
- выборный, разборчивый, селективныйRussian
- izbìrljiv, probìrljivSerbo-Croatian
- selektivSwedish
- seçiciTurkish
- 选择Chinese
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