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imprecise

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/ / /ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/ / /ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English precise English imprecise From im- + precise.

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

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