broad-spectrum

adj

broad-spectrum

adj

1

Having a wide scope or range of activity (as against pathogens, pests, parasites, or other problems).

The most advanced models of neoreactionary social order on earth work like this (Hong Kong and Singapore), combining resilient ethnic traditions with super-dynamic techonomic performance, to produce an open yet self-protective, civilized, socially-tranquil, high-growth enclave of outstanding broad-spectrum functionality.2014, N.N., IQ shredders:

Antonyms: narrow-spectrum
Derived terms: broad-spectrum antibiotic, broad-spectrum herbicides
Related terms: broadband, wideband

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