imprecise

See also: imprécise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English im-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Latin praecīdō

Latin praecīsusder.

Middle French précisder.

English precise

English imprecise

From im- + precise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

Adjective

imprecise (comparative more imprecise, superlative most imprecise)

1. Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

   Synonym: inexact

   Antonym: precise

   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486:

     Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).

Derived terms

• imprecisely
• impreciseness

Translations

not precise or exact

• Bulgarian: неточен (bg) (netočen)
• Catalan: imprecís (ca)
• Czech: nepřesný m
• Danish: upræcis
• Esperanto: malpreciza
• Finnish: epätarkka (fi), epätäsmällinen
• French: imprécis (fr)
• German: ungenau (de)
• Hungarian: pontatlan (hu)
• Irish: neamhbheacht
• Italian: impreciso (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: upresis

  Nynorsk: upresis

• Polish: niedokładny (pl), nieścisły, nieprecyzyjny (pl)
• Spanish: inconcreto (es)

Anagrams

• impierces

Italian

Adjective

imprecise f pl

1. feminine plural of impreciso