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IMPRECISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does imprecise mean?
• IMPRECISE (adjective)
The adjective IMPRECISE has 1 sense:
1. not precise
Familiarity information: IMPRECISE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not precise
Context example:
the terms he used were imprecise and emotional
Similar:
general (somewhat indefinite)
Also:
inaccurate (not accurate)
inexact (not exact)
general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)
Antonym:
precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)
Derivation:
impreciseness (the quality of lacking precision)
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