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Synonyms for imprecise
ˌɪm prəˈsaɪsim·pre·cise
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Princeton's WordNet
impreciseadjective
not precise
"imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"
Antonyms:
punctilious, skillful, nice, very(a), dead, on the button, hairsplitting, on the nose, microscopic, fine, meticulous, finespun, precise
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "imprecise":
inaccurate, vague, unclear, woolly, unspecific, elusive, ill-defined, non-specific
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#12929 | unclear | |
#14437 | vague | |
#14685 | inaccurate | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#43548 | woolly | |
#53910 | imprecise | |
#136654 | unspecific |
How to use imprecise in a sentence?
There's linkage between cash and FX swaps and futures, but it's very imprecise right now, if we have data standards and distributed ledgers, you could eliminate a tremendous amount of capital reserves and risk capital that get used up in this process right now.
The speech was filled with imprecise (statements) and lies, she did not give answers to the doubts about this government nor about the content of Nisman's denouncement.
This is sloppy military work, this is the reckless and irresponsible, imprecise and frankly uncaring approach to operations in Syria that the Russians have taken on.
Cornerstone Macro economist Roberto Perli:
We can all complain about (QE) being imprecise and not being quite sure how it works and not being sure how much it works, but what is the alternative?
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