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imprecise

[ im-pruh-sahys ]

adjective

  1. not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.


imprecise

/ ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs; ˌɪmprɪˈsɪʒən /

adjective

  1. not precise; inexact or inaccurate


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Derived Forms

  • imprecision, noun
  • ˌimpreˈcisely, adverb

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Other Words From

  • impre·cisely adverb
  • im·pre·ci·sion [im-pr, uh, -, sizh, -, uh, n], impre·ciseness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of imprecise1

First recorded in 1795–1805; im- 2 + precise

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Example Sentences

As Armstrong writes, “It was not a ‘great objective something,’ but had imprecise connotations of obligation and taboo.”

Some of the mutterings of Rust Cohle come from the perfectly elliptical and safely imprecise musings of Thomas Ligotti.

You also refer it by the fraction 22/7 if you want to be imprecise about the whole thing.

I've argued that term is inartful, impolitic and also, as Pletka points out, imprecise because of Christian pro-Israel sentiment.

She could be wretchedly imprecise, capricious, and heartless to her co-workers.

One single fact may make a law appear, where a multitude of imprecise and vague observations would only produce confusion.

Language is ambiguous, imprecise, and not neutral in respect to the phenomena observed and accounted for.

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