It means to generalize something. As in if you are to phrase a sentence vaguely, you would be generalizing the subject at hand. If one was to say meal time is the best time, that would be general because there are three meals in a day.
'Generic' is a kind of opposite of 'branded'. For example 'Sellotape' and 'Scotch Tape' are brand names for an everyday item but the generic term is 'sticky tape'.
Generic means something that is not have a specialty, something that is generic. Generic means ordinary, nonspecific. It is similar to others in the same group.
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GENERIC a consumer product having no brand name or registered trademark.
The amount of people/places/things which are covered by it's definition. For example: Water is vague, Ocean is more specific, Pacific Ocean is more specific still.
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it means a commonly used example
That is called apogee, or (to use a more generic term) apapsis.That is called apogee, or (to use a more generic term) apapsis.That is called apogee, or (to use a more generic term) apapsis.That is called apogee, or (to use a more generic term) apapsis.
The generic term was Congress which was subsequently used for the legislative body of the US.
Civil strife is a generic term for domestic riots, unrest, war or similar instances.
A generic term for a kind of wholesome girl whose name you do not know.
Each medicine has an approved name called the generic name. A group of medicine that have similar actions often have similar sounding generic names
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The term Hacky Sack is the trademarked name of a type of footbag, but has since become the generic term for either the foot bag itself or the game itself.
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Risperidone is the generic term. The brand name is Risperdal.
Another term is chemical compound.
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