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   Im·pre·cise

   /ˌimprəˈsīs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail: "the witness could give only vague and imprecise descriptions" Similar vaguelooseindefiniteinexplicitindistinctnonspecificunspecificcoarse-grainedbroadgeneralsweepinghazyfuzzyblurredunfocusedwoollynebulousconfusedambiguousequivocaluncertainnoncommittalinexactapproximateestimatedroughinaccurateincorrectwrongerroneouswide of the markoff targetoutinformal:ballparkOpposite precisenarrowpreciseexact

   Derivatives

   • 1. imprecisely adverb
   • 2. impreciseness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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