imprecise
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs/
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impreciso
- Her imprecise measurements caused the experiment to yield unreliable results.
- imprecise term
- imprecise definitions
- imprecise estimates
It's not incorrect, but it's so imprecise that it is confusing.
- It's not incorrect, but it's so imprecise that it is confusing.
- Well, it's an imprecise science, not even a science.
- Yet they're told in this world where people see, hear, and imagine things that are imprecise and unspeakable.
- And of course, you know, climate models are extremely imprecise.
- The idea that you can convert something as vague and imprecise as human language into code just didn't make sense to me.
- Whereas when people actually do have real struggles, they have to be truthful, they have to be precise because there are costs to being incorrect or imprecise.
- And, and, and so, and a lot of that comes because we've had imprecise language and it's easy to become dogmatic and to not understand the limits.
- It it's precise and over large distances, while CRISPR tends to be imprecise and over and or small in scope.
Examples
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It accounts for our imprecise knowledge of the initial conditions.
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The logic of the idea of emissions trading may lead to imprecise lawmaking.
Academic text (1998) -
These terms were technical, though imprecise, if it's possible to say that.
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Well, it's an imprecise science, not even a science.
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Nevertheless, there are imprecise measures of a group's ability to shape decisions.
Academic text (1994) -
Where else could so much accuracy be found in such an imprecise world?
Fiction book (1994) -
Thus, to say that the changes were "driven by domestic demands" is imprecise.
Academic text (2013) -
It's not incorrect, but it's so imprecise that it is confusing.
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All of the tests deal with fairly imprecise language, and therefore they are all subject to interpretation.
Academic text (1999) -
Information associated with NHC objects is often incomplete, imprecise, or inaccurate.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
230
4.6
Not clear or detailed so you are unsure what is meant
113
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
29
3.9
Nearly correct or exact but not completely
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5.1
Not completely correct or exact
Not completely exact but close to the real value
Antonyms
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word imprecise is made of im- meaning 'not' and precise meaning 'exact' or 'clear', so imprecise means 'not exact'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of precise as 'cut to the point', and im- makes it 'not cut to the point', which describes something vague or unclear.