imprecise

From im- + precise.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

imprecise (comparative more imprecise, superlative most imprecise)

1. Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

   Synonym: inexact

   Antonym: precise

   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486:

     Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).

• imprecisely
• impreciseness

• impierces

imprecise f pl

1. feminine plural of impreciso