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Technical AdvisoryDevelopment and Review of Specifications Attachment 7Vague Adjectives and Adverbs Ideally, specifications should state requirements in terms of measurable and quantifiable standards. The inclusion of adjectives and adverbs to modify a requirement rarely adds meaning to a specification, and actually may lead to disputes over interpretation. Listed below are some vague adjectives and adverbs that should generally be avoided in specifications.
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Adequate Appropriate Better Careful Deep Dependable Desirable Easy Economical Efficient Entirely Excessive Good High Highest quality Insufficient Less Low Major Neat Normal Periodically Pleasing Practicable Practical Proper Quick Reasonable Recognizable Relevant Reputable Safe Satisfactory Secure Significant Similar Simple Smooth Some Stable Substantial Sufficient Suitable Variable Wide Workmanlike Worse |
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