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Recent Examples of imprecise But the archaeologist was hasty, careless and imprecise, officials said, and after an excavator worked through the site, its location was lost to time — until now. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025 Detractors argue that there is no need to add more of the compound on top of what naturally occurs in water and that distributing it via drinking water is an imprecise and uncontrolled way of dosing residents. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 While its consumer protection goals are laudable, its imprecise drafting introduces ambiguity that employers and background screening providers must now navigate. Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 For the remaining treatments, their effectiveness was found to be inconclusive due to small samples, imprecise studies, or low and very low quality evidence. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for imprecise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprecise
Adjective
  • Along with his father and grandfather, Bambino gets to work sweeping up the stars in a cute, but wildly inaccurate, explanation for the phases of the Moon.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 June 2025
  • Board President Jodie Williams disagreed with Allman that the document was inaccurate, noting it had been prepared with guidance from the county.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • And now, what is typically the most eventful part of the offseason — the approximate two-week stretch from the end of the Stanley Cup Final to the opening of free agency on July 1 — is here.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Credo Technology is a relatively new company that came public in 2022 at an approximate $1.5 billion valuation.
    Todd Gordon, CNBC, 17 June 2025

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“Imprecise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecise. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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