impreciseadj.
/ɪmprɪˈsʌɪs/ Not precise; wanting in precision.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective]
untruec1220
unrighta1393
amissa1398
unproperc1400
rudec1475
bada1522
haltinga1533
unjust1554
rustical1660
unaccurate1660
inaccurate1665
unprecise1742
unexact1758
imprecise1805
inexact1828
ungrammatical1843
bum1896
dot and carry one1900
seat-of-the-pants1935
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > vague or inexplicit
oblique?a1475
overthwart1545
indirect1584
slenting1642
undeterminate1649
vaguea1661
wide1662
indeterminate1773
unexplicit1775
nebulose1799
imprecise1805
misty1816
nebulous1817
inexplicit1827
fuzzy1937
soft-focused1942
wifty-wafty1943
1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 651 To say that no less can be acknowledged than this divine origin of law, is imprecise.
1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 288 I have not abstained from confounding observations on the characters of this epopæa, with those which, according to Sulzer's imprecise plan of analysis, ought merely to have respected the majesty of this action.
Derivatives
impreˈciseness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun]
wrongc1620
obliquity1646
untrueness1652
unaccurateness1659
inaccuracy1671
unexactness1677
unaccuracy1702
wrongness1726
looseness1769
inexactitude1786
imprecision1803
inexactness1828
impreciseness1907
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun] > vagueness or inexplicitness
ambage1520
vagueness1799
imprecision1803
inexplicitness1869
impreciseness1907
1907 Athenæum 9 Mar. 282/3 He [sc. Henry James] must..deck it with the most elaborated precisions of impreciseness.
1943 A. L. Rowse Spirit Eng. Hist. i. 11 An impreciseness which characterises the English mind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1805