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[ si-lek-tiv ] / sɪˈlɛk tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR selective ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving the function or power of selecting; making a selection. characterized by selection, especially fastidious selection. of or relating to selection. Electricity, Radio. having good selectivity. Origin of selectiveFirst recorded in 1615–25; select + -ive SYNONYMS FOR selective2 discriminating, particular, discerning. SEE SYNONYMS FOR selective ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM selectivese·lec·tive·ly, adverbse·lec·tive·ness, nounnon·se·lec·tive, adjectiveun·se·lec·tive, adjectiveWords nearby selectiveselectance, select committee, selectee, selection, selection rule, selective, selective attention, selective estrogen receptor modulator, selective inhibition, selective mutism, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for selectiveAlong with his power surge, and perhaps contributing to it, Tatís has also become more selective about the pitches he swings at. Fernando Tatís Jr. Was Already Mashing. Then He Started Hitting The Ball Harder.|Travis Sawchik|August 21, 2020|FiveThirtyEight Van Eenennaam credits this boost in productivity to conventional selective breeding. Biotechnology Could Change the Cattle Industry. Will It Succeed?|Dyllan Furness|August 16, 2020|Singularity Hub Interestingly, “fusion’s effect on selective censoring occurred regardless of whether the incongruent comments used offensive language.” The Anonymous Culture Cops of the Internet - Facts So Romantic|Jesse Singal|August 12, 2020|Nautilus Since then, SDPD has said it would be selective about when it tapped into the cameras. Police Used Smart Streetlight Footage to Investigate Protesters|Jesse Marx|June 29, 2020|Voice of San Diego
That’s due largely to selective breeding and other technologies. The Future of Meat (Ep. 367 Rebroadcast)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 29, 2019|Freakonomics Liberals are outraged over the Steven Scalise scandal—but the left has selective amnesia. Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST Justice should not be selective to fit a political narrative when the facts and evidence prove otherwise. It’s Time to Hold Protesters Accountable|Ron Christie|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But a drug like lamotrigine is not selective, and so it also affects the behavior of the rest of the temporal lobe. The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whether or not guayusa is a product of selective breeding, the Kichwa have learned to harness its power. Bye Bye Latté, Hello Guayusa: Why The Amazon Holds the Secret to a Cleaner, Healthier Caffeine|Brandon Presser|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The weakness of any case becomes clear when the logic used to make the arguments is strained, selective and irrelevant. The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution|Karl W. Giberson|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST A selective death-rate in man can not only be demonstrated but it can be actually measured. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson Besides, we have an indirect proof of this in the very results of selective processes as, until now, they are practised. Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress|Various Cadigan Exhibit No. 21 includes the selective service registration certificate we have been discussing, is that correct? Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Curiosity is selective, going out only toward those things in which the life is interested. Training the Teacher|A. F. Schauffler It is difficult to test these possibilities because the selective value of the taxonomic characters is unknown. Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado|Sydney Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for selective
adjectiveof or characterized by selection tending to choose carefully or characterized by careful choice electronics occurring at, operating at, or capable of separating out a particular frequency or band of frequencies Derived forms of selectiveselectively, adverbselectiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to selectivechoosy, discriminatory, scrupulous, judicious, careful, fussy, discerning, eclectic, particular, persnickety, picky, select |