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imprecision

[ UK /ɪmpɹɪsˈɪʒən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the quality of lacking precision

How To Use imprecision In A Sentence

  • Are these examples clear, or is there a degree of imprecision in the case law?
  • Hovering between day and night, light and dark, life and death, twilight is glorious in its very imprecision.
  • Despite the imprecision, Lapan said the military believes insurgents killed far more civilians than U.S. and allied forces have in Iraq. IEDs kill 21,000 Iraqi civilians 2005-2010
  • The on-for-nous passive-voice mania promotes imprecision, yet nobody wants to sprain their tongue conjugating verbs suffixed by ‘ons’.
  • Of course, this naturalness is an illusion (a transcript of thought and conversation would yield mostly a slop of imprecision and repetition), but O'Nan's fingerprints are unobtrusive. A Close Read
  • The rhythmic imprecision of the triplet in the melody of the synthesizer only adds an extra element of uncertainty to the passage.
  • I have not found firm rulings on these matters, and the imprecision is, I think, deliberate.
  • His lashes were intended to kill; that they did not was testament less to her speed than to the imprecision of his fury. THE HELLBOUND HEART
  • The whole exercise of assessing damages is shot through with imprecision.
  • The variability of the margin of appreciation has sometimes provoked strong reactions from judges frustrated by its imprecision.
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