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imprecise, a.|ɪmprɪˈsaɪs|
[f. im-2 + precise a.]
Not precise; wanting in precision. Hence impreˈciseness.
1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 651 To say that no less can be acknowledged than this divine origin of law, is imprecise. 1830― Germ. Poetry I. 288, I have not abstained from confounding observations on the characters of this epopæa, with those which, according to Sulzer's imprecise plan of analysis, ought merely to have respected the majesty of this action. 1907Athenæum 9 Mar. 282/3 He [sc. Henry James] must..deck it with the most elaborated precisions of impreciseness. 1943A. L. Rowse Spirit Eng. Hist. i. 11 An impreciseness which characterises the English mind. |