单词	imprecision
释义	imprecise adjective im·​pre·​cise ˌim-pri-ˈsīs  : not precise : inexact, vague an imprecise estimate imprecisely adverb impreciseness noun imprecision ˌim-pri-ˈsi-zhən  noun Synonyms approximate approximative ballpark inaccurate inexact loose squishy See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences It's an imprecise translation of the original sentence. 3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi Recent Examples on the Web Rather than using street addresses that can be confusing and imprecise, the company divided the entire surface of the Earth into 3-meter-by-3-meter squares. Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Aug. 2022 Comparisons with Papp and the far-larger Public are inevitably imprecise. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Critics noted that many of the drop boxes the group tracked are in busy locations—community centers, libraries—and that cell-phone-tracking data is too imprecise to tell if people were using the drop boxes or simply walking by them. Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Estimates of the exact efficacy of the three-dose regimen are still imprecise because there have been few cases of Covid in the companies’ clinical trials. Matthew Herper, STAT, 18 June 2022 That makes reservation tallies an imprecise gauge of consumer interest, analysts say. Mike Colias, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 Chiefs complained that pass-through traffic in many towns made the measure too imprecise to be useful. Tom Condon, courant.com, 31 Jan. 2022 Despite significant improvements, the new models are still too imprecise to be taken at face value, which means climate-change projections still require judgment calls. Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022 Less than a decade ago, scientific calculations of the dates of volcanic eruptions used only 16 measurements per ice core to cover 2,000 years of history and included as much as two-century margins of error, too imprecise to be of use to historians. Jacques Leslie, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1805, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition imprecise adjective im·​pre·​cise ˌim-pri-ˈsīs  : not clear or exact an imprecise measurement imprecision noun as in inaccuracy Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance inaccuracy inexactness vagueness indistinctness generality Antonyms & Near Antonyms specificity particularity explicitness carefulness meticulousness conscientiousness fussiness attentiveness cautiousness care circumspection finickiness scrupulousness alertness finicalness meticulosity heedfulness See More
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