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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
selective/sɪˈlektɪv/

▶adjective

1 relating to or involving selection.
■ tending to choose carefully.

2 (of a process or agent) affecting some things and not others.

– derivatives
selectively adverb,
selectiveness noun,
selectivity noun.

'selective' also found in these Oxford entries:

cull - cultivar - glyphosate - hysteria - mask - selective service - SSRI - thermokarst - unselective

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