as in inaccuracy
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Recent Examples of imprecision
Then the doe took off, and the gravity of his imprecision sank in.
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Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprecision
inaccuracy
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The state treasurer and the fund’s chief investment officer said in 2014 that the resulting report contained multiple inaccuracies and unsupported allegations.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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According to Bower’s account, Halligan did not identify any factual inaccuracy in the report.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Imprecision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecision. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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