"imprecise" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/ [UK], /ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/ [US], /ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imprecise.wav Forms: more imprecise [comparative], most imprecise [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: From im- + precise. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|precise|alt1=im-}} im- + precise Head templates: {{en-adj}} imprecise (comparative more imprecise, superlative most imprecise)
  1. Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty. Synonyms: inexact Derived forms: imprecisely, impreciseness Translations (not precise or exact): неточен (netočen) (Bulgarian), imprecís (Catalan), nepřesný [masculine] (Czech), upræcis (Danish), malpreciza (Esperanto), epätarkka (Finnish), epätäsmällinen (Finnish), imprécis (French), ungenau (German), pontatlan (Hungarian), neamhbheacht (Irish), impreciso (Italian), upresis (Norwegian Bokmål), upresis (Norwegian Nynorsk), niedokładny (Polish), nieścisły (Polish), nieprecyzyjny (Polish), inconcreto (Spanish)
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          "roman": "netočen",
          "sense": "not precise or exact",
          "word": "неточен"
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
          "word": "epätarkka"
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
          "word": "epätäsmällinen"
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not precise or exact",
          "word": "ungenau"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not precise or exact",
          "word": "pontatlan"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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          "sense": "not precise or exact",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "imprecís"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "upræcis"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "malpreciza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "epätarkka"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "epätäsmällinen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "imprécis"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "ungenau"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "pontatlan"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "neamhbheacht"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "impreciso"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "upresis"
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      "sense": "not precise or exact",
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      "sense": "not precise or exact",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "nieścisły"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "not precise or exact",
      "word": "nieprecyzyjny"
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