unpreciseadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnprᵻˈsʌɪs/, U.S.

/ˌənprəˈsaɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, precise adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + precise adj.

= imprecise adj.

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

1742 G. Cheyne Nat. Method cureing Dis. i. 50 The Energy or Elasticity of the Spring is lessen'd,..from the unprecise and gross Nature of Matter and Mechanism.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. iv. 322 Here is the unprecise but indubitable fact.

1947 Financial Times 1 May 4/1 The Bill..remains one of the most inchoate, unprecise, half-considered and ill-digested measures which the House of Commons ever sent to plague the Upper House.

2005 D. Lohmar in R. Bernet et al. Edmund Husserl III. 64 This critique is simply too short and too unprecise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unprecise
释义	unpreciseadj. Brit. /ˌʌnprᵻˈsʌɪs/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈsaɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, precise adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + precise adj. = imprecise adj. 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 1742 G. Cheyne Nat. Method cureing Dis. i. 50 The Energy or Elasticity of the Spring is lessen'd,..from the unprecise and gross Nature of Matter and Mechanism. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. iv. 322 Here is the unprecise but indubitable fact. 1947 Financial Times 1 May 4/1 The Bill..remains one of the most inchoate, unprecise, half-considered and ill-digested measures which the House of Commons ever sent to plague the Upper House. 2005 D. Lohmar in R. Bernet et al. Edmund Husserl III. 64 This critique is simply too short and too unprecise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1742
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