imprecise
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Synonyms & Antonyms for imprecise
Synonyms
approximate, approximative, ballpark, inaccurate, inexact, loose, squishy
Antonyms
accurate, dead, dead-on, exact, precise, ultraprecise, veracious
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The five that preceded it were plagued with unusually imprecise command. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros, Zack Greinke beat White Sox in first game of doubleheader," 13 Aug. 2019 Those imprecise designations continue to plague legislative efforts as Congress and other states model bot bills of their own after the California effort. — Renee Diresta, WIRED, "A New Law Makes Bots Identify Themselves—That's the Problem," 24 July 2019 Previous data sets were often too imprecise to measure this accurately. — The Economist, "Children make parents happy, after all," 10 July 2019 Treating the human gut has always been difficult — the tools used to measure its health are imprecise and usually highly invasive. — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, "State of Science: Swallowable Gut Sensors to Detect And Heal," 1 Jan. 2019 At first, all the measurements were so imprecise that nobody worried. — Quanta Magazine, "Neutron Lifetime Puzzle Deepens, but No Dark Matter Seen," 13 Feb. 2018 The figure, which Wray conceded was imprecise, is similar to the number of arrests made in international terrorism cases and represents an uptick compared with the prior year. — Matt Zapotosky, BostonGlobe.com, "Wray says FBI has seen uptick in domestic terrorism cases motivated by white supremacy," 23 July 2019 An article on Sunday about the benefits of retaining aging workers gave an imprecise description of PKF O’Connor Davies. — New York Times, "Corrections: March 8, 2018," 7 Mar. 2018 The imprecise nature of deliverance allows Varon to fold parts of both the union and freedom arguments into her own. — Gregory Downs, Washington Post, "Why did the North fight the Civil War?," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'imprecise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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