imprecisely
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5.4
- adverb
- /ɪmˈprɪsɪsli/
:
imprecisamente
- The instructions were given imprecisely, leading to confusion about how to assemble the furniture.
- imprecisely estimated
- imprecisely known
- imprecisely measured
Nevertheless, we when we're we're speaking imprecisely, we do sometimes say that he does this when he does not 'cause this uprightness not to be deserted.
- Nevertheless, we when we're we're speaking imprecisely, we do sometimes say that he does this when he does not 'cause this uprightness not to be deserted.
Examples
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Borjas, Freeman, and Katz's findings on immigration's impact differ from studies that find only "modest and imprecisely estimated differences in earnings and employment rates of workers in cities with greater/lesser immigration flows."
Academic text (1994) -
The results show that the effects of the HPI and the FMR on these characteristics are generally small and imprecisely estimated.
Academic text (2017) -
One set concerns our choice among ends, given what we understand, however imprecisely, to be good.
Academic text (2003) -
That makes G, by far, the most imprecisely known constant on the list.
Academic text (2002) -
Excellence in music teaching is a quality that is imprecisely understood and measured.
Academic text (1998) -
I speak here and in the whole section somewhat imprecisely about precedents.
Academic text (2016) -
An earlier version of this post referred imprecisely to the origin of a statement from an account associated with Anonymous, @AnonyOps.
Blog text (28) -
Size was, therefore, estimated imprecisely, but this was the only way to obtain these data safely and without seriously interfering with the fishing operation.
Academic text (1997) -
And it is true that some courts have seemed to grasp only imprecisely how hash searches operate.
Academic text (2018) -
The benefits, potential complications, and side effects will be known only imprecisely because even effective drugs may not work for a specific patient, and patients differ in their risk and susceptibility to complications and side effects.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
524
3.2
Near the exact number or amount
115
3.9
Not clearly or with few details
43
3.7
In a way that is not exact or strict
23
6.3
Hard to see, hear, or remember clearly
7
4.2
In a way that is not correct or exact
1
4.4
Not clear or hard to understand
1
5.4
In a way that is unclear or blurry
1
7.1
In a rough, incomplete way that lacks detail
In a way that is not exact or precise
In a way that is unclear and gives no details
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Morphology
Etymology
Imprecisely comes from im- ('not') + precise ('exact'). So to do something imprecisely is to do it 'not exactly' or without clear accuracy.