non-selective
adjective
1Not involving selection of the most suitable or best qualified: believing in free and non-selective education...
- This non-selective identification causes problems because the mourner identifies with both the loved and hated aspects or functions of the lost person or thing.
- Study recruitment was non-selective.
- We tried to overall reduce the number of hours of television viewing in a non-selective way.
1.1(Of a process or agent) affecting all types or species: treating the weeds with a non-selective herbicide...
- The use of non-selective beta blockers should be avoided.
- Non-selective herbicides can kill any plant they touch without being at all selective.
- These soybeans are genetically modified to tolerate spraying with the non-selective herbicide.
