imprecise
Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
Adjective
- Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
- Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82). - 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International...
Synonyms: inexact
Antonyms: precise
Origin
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.