im·pre·cise

[im-pruh-sahys]
adjective
not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.

Origin:
1795–1805; im-2 + precise

im·pre·cise·ly, adverb
im·pre·ci·sion [im-pruh-sizh-uhn] , im·pre·cise·ness, noun
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imprecise (ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
not precise; inexact or inaccurate
 
impre'cisely
 
adv
 
imprecision
 
n
 
impre'ciseness
 
n

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Imprecise is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
But that seems to me too imprecise, too deliberately universal in its ambitions.
It's an imprecise method of estimating current location by tracking movement
  since the last known location.
It's amazing how such an imprecise system is allowed to give out capital
  punishment.
Over time, managers came to find the experience curve too imprecise to help
  them much with specific business plans.
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