Imprecise

//ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

    "Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not precise wordnet

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Example

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"The measurement is far too imprecise."

Etymology

From im- + precise.

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