generalized
adjective
gen·er·al·ized
ˈje-nə-rə-ˌlīzd 
ˈjen-rə-
: made general
especially
: not highly differentiated biologically nor strictly adapted to a particular environment
Examples of generalized in a Sentence
The patient has been experiencing generalized pain.
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Since 2010, this weekend in May has been reserved for the Hangout Music Festival, a more generalized three-day beach bash whose previous headliners included Travis Scott, The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey.
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Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 19 May 2025
This level of precision isn’t possible in generalized platforms trying to cover dozens of workflows at once.
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—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Other large technology companies are quickly springing into action; for example, Microsoft Cloud is similarly working on multimodal capabilities, including image segmentation across radiological outputs in addition to more generalized image-to-text insights.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 19 May 2025
This level of precision isn’t possible in generalized platforms trying to cover dozens of workflows at once.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
And in spite, or maybe because of, our generalized A.I. angst, there are plenty of robo-tales to choose from these days.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Other large technology companies are quickly springing into action; for example, Microsoft Cloud is similarly working on multimodal capabilities, including image segmentation across radiological outputs in addition to more generalized image-to-text insights.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Generalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generalized. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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