imprecision

Examples

• All

• The term human security suffers from a high degree of imprecision.

  Academic text (2006)

• Since any model is an abstraction of a real-world process, it is subject to imprecision.

  Academic text (1993)

• The second flaw in the current approach is its historical imprecision.

  Academic text (2005)

• What explains the imprecision cannot be attributed to the earnest work of the researcher.

  Academic text (1996)

• However, the very lack of consensus on concepts such as adolescence and youth results in imprecision in specifying public policies for these individuals.

  Academic text (2018)

• In addition, the scarcity and imprecision of the details undermine the historical specificity of the painting.

  Academic text (1993)

• Conclusions based on narrative and qualitative reviews are vulnerable to subjectivity and imprecision (Jumper, 1995).

  Academic text (1997)

• Even a slight imprecision in measurements can lead to significant errors in the experiment.

• The imprecision in her description made it difficult for the team to understand the problem fully.

Synonyms

I

inaccuracy

vsimprecision

24 4.9

A mistake in information or measurement

is broader, applying to any not exact or undetailed quality

V

vagueness

vsimprecision

8 6.1

Lack of clear or exact meaning that makes things hard to understand

is broader, covering not being exact, accurate, or detailed rather than only unclear

L

looseness

vsimprecision

1 5.3

A lack of strictness or exactness in how something is done

is the specific state of not being exact, accurate, or detailed

I

inexactitude

vsimprecision

1 8.6

A lack of exactness or accuracy

is used more widely for lack of exactness, not only factual error

I

inexactness

vsimprecision

1 7.2

A lack of accuracy or exact detail

is a general label for not being exact, accurate, or detailed

I

impreciseness

vsimprecision

1 7.9

Not being exact causes mistakes

is the broader idea of not being exact, accurate, or detailed

I

indefinity

vsimprecision

9.9

The state of being vague or not clear

is about general not exactness and lack of detail beyond definition

Antonyms

A

accuracy

169 3.8

How close a measurement or statement is to the correct value

P

precision

• Specialized

133 4.2

The quality of being exact and giving the same result when repeated

E

exactness

2 4.1

A state of being accurate and free from mistakes

How Precise

exactness

2 4.1

accuracy

169 3.8

imprecision

3 6.5

inaccuracy

24 4.9

vagueness

8 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology