impreciseness

noun

Definition of imprecisenessnext
as in imprecision

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  1. inaccuracy
  2. approximation
  3. inexactitude
Noun
  • Other reasons include inaccuracy (35.5%), privacy and security concerns (30.1%), and not updating to the latest software (19.7%).
    Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Editor’s Note: Please be mindful that this transcript does not go through our standard editorial process and may contain inaccuracies and grammatical errors.
    Sid Evans, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of inaccuracy
Noun
  • Horwitz and a team of economists put together an approximation of what an average family of four might buy each week at the supermarket, noting that there can be a lot of variation from one family to another.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Auberjonois gives a rough approximation of Rivers’ New York accent but can’t master her comic timing.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 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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