Green also recorded some more generic spots for use by other retailers and libraries.
Its oddly generic tone comes courtesy of a stark fact: Newberry has no nickname.
Although Brokaw's advice is helpful and inspirational, it is also generic and familiar.
Insert the generic undefined actor of your choice.
Buckytube is a generic term for cylindrical.
The themes are so generic that I flirted with simply passing off someone else's teaching philosophy as my own.
While their work is primarily generic, there are others working on discipline-specific measures.
The generic characters and simplistic handling of a complex problem will disappoint even those who share her views.
Confidant is generic, meaning either a male or a female in whom one confides; confidante is used only of females.
British Dictionary definitions for generic
generic
/dʒɪˈnɛrɪk/
adjective
1.
applicable or referring to a whole class or group; general
2.
(biology) of, relating to, or belonging to a genus: the generic name
3.
denoting the nonproprietary name of a drug, food product, etc
noun
4.
a drug, food product, etc that does not have a trademark
Derived Forms
generically, adverb
Word Origin
C17: from French; see genus
Word Origin and History for generic
adj.
1670s, "belonging to a large group of objects," formed in English from Latin gener-, stem of genus "kind" (see genus) + -ic. Sense of "not special, not brand-name; in plain, cheap packaging," of groceries, etc., is from 1977.
generic in Medicine
generic ge·ner·ic (jə-něr'ĭk) adj.
Of or relating to a genus.
Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class; general.
Not having a trademark or brand name.
n. A drug sold without a brand name or trademark.
Slang definitions & phrases for generic
generic
adjective
Inferior; cheesy, grotty: Larry King doesn't appear to be generic: he has a distinctive voice, and he doesn't look like anybody else(1980s+ Students)