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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy. countable, uncountable

   "The imprecision with which Classical authors grouped various peoples of North-Africa together under terms like Afri or Punici."

2. 2
   the quality of lacking precision wordnet

Synonyms

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inaccuracyallowanceambiguityambiguityapproximationcarelessness

Antonyms

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precision

Example

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"It's not an error, but just a little imprecision."

Etymology

From im- + precision.

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