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Another word for selective

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selective

modif.

discriminating, scrupulous, particular; see careful, judicious.

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Another word for selective

adjective

Able to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions:

discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, discriminatory, select. See precise

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"The Council has a selective memory," A'Ran said in irritation.
Such definitions, then, are to be accepted, if at all, as definitions of type, selective designations of leading but not strictly universal features.
Selective reduction, for starters...
But it is forgotten that both the plant and the soil enjoy special powers of selective absorption, which remove and fix the better constituents of the water and leave the less valuable.
There would be no selective reduction.

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