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Definition of "imprecise" []

  • Not precise. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "imprecise" in a sentence
  • "Defying all odds, however imprecise, is Roy Sullivan, a forest ranger who survived a world-record seven lightning strikes."
  • "America’s political debates about the “China opportunity” and, even more, the “China threat” seem distant, theoretical, and imprecise from the perspective of the factories where the outsourcing and exporting occur."
  • "The term is imprecise and subjective, though it was widely used during the Cold War."