imprecise
adjective
im·pre·cise
ˌim-pri-ˈsīs 
Examples of imprecise in a Sentence
It's an imprecise translation of the original sentence.
3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi
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The language of the proposal is imprecise, the purpose is not.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
On a recent weekday, Paul Sweet, collection manager for the ornithology department, stood in the Bug Room, and in the interest of scientific precision pointed out that its name was imprecise.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 May 2025
But the archaeologist was hasty, careless and imprecise, officials said, and after an excavator worked through the site, its location was lost to time — until now.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Detractors argue that there is no need to add more of the compound on top of what naturally occurs in water and that distributing it via drinking water is an imprecise and uncontrolled way of dosing residents.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
On a recent weekday, Paul Sweet, collection manager for the ornithology department, stood in the Bug Room, and in the interest of scientific precision pointed out that its name was imprecise.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 May 2025
But the archaeologist was hasty, careless and imprecise, officials said, and after an excavator worked through the site, its location was lost to time — until now.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Detractors argue that there is no need to add more of the compound on top of what naturally occurs in water and that distributing it via drinking water is an imprecise and uncontrolled way of dosing residents.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imprecise
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“Imprecise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprecise. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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imprecise
adjective
im·pre·cise
ˌim-pri-ˈsīs
: not precise
an imprecise estimate
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