impreciseness

noun

Definition of imprecisenessnext
as in imprecision

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  1. inaccuracy
  2. approximation
  3. inexactitude
Noun
  • She's also had to accept the inaccuracy of her Mexican heritage.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The closures are now on hold under Wayne's replacement, Maria Su, but the district is still projected to run out of money this year due to declining enrollment, budget inaccuracies and issues with a faulty new payroll system.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of inaccuracy
Noun
  • Delivery are the closest approximation of sales reported by Tesla.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Decide for yourself if that organization seems to be trying to get to the closest approximation of the truth, and achieves it the vast majority of the time.
    Jim VandeHei, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of approximation
Noun
  • So much of the film turns on such evocative inexactitude, on our ability to wonder (and wander) about the image.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Bruno was fed up with berating his cooks for all their mistakes and inexactitudes, not to mention the grumbling.
    Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
Definition of inexactitude
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