The phrase "avoiding specific" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It could be used in a context where one is discussing the act of not mentioning particular details or items.
Example: "In our discussion, we focused on avoiding specific criticisms to maintain a positive atmosphere."
Alternatives: "steering clear of particular" or "not mentioning specific".
"You seem to be avoiding specific yeses and nos.
Perverse impulses seem to arise when people focus intensely on avoiding specific errors or taboos.
And be vague about where you went to school, avoiding specific dates.
"He could be grateful in a sense that he had no particular area of interest," the narrator notes, airily sizing up Frank's life: "In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations.
After the president's initial criticism of Israel earlier in the week, White House and State Department officials focused today on appealing for restraint on all sides, while avoiding specific condemnations of Israeli actions.
Various ultimate careers were predicted for him, the consensus being that his work would lie somewhere "in the humanities" if not precisely in the arts….He could even be grateful in a sense that he had no particular area of interest: in avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations.
While avoiding specifics, Mr. Schwarzenegger essentially admitted the essence of the claims.
"But we took the proper actions against him," Mr. Cohen said, avoiding specifics.
Coetzee's approach is unflinching and subtly fierce, but always much more oblique, avoiding specifics of location and landscape.
His preference for avoiding specifics makes it particularly difficult to answer this question.
While avoiding specifics, Foreign Minister Ismail Cem of Turkey told American and French negotiators on Friday that his country would play a substantial role, participants said.
