Explore Imprecision through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like precision or preciseness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Imprecision in a sentence
Imprecision meaning
A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy.
Synonyms of Imprecision
Using Imprecision
- The main meaning on this page is: A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy.
- Useful related words include: impreciseness, inexactness, inexactitude, precision.
- In the example corpus, imprecision often appears in combinations such as: imprecision of, the imprecision, imprecision and.
Context around Imprecision
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Imprecision
- In this selection, "imprecision" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, studied, numerical, locational, due and may stand out and add context to how "imprecision" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include account the imprecision of measuring and amount of imprecision. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "imprecision" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with imprecision
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
First, there’s the imprecision of his forecast. (8 words)
The role of imprecision may depend on audience, end goal, extended context and subject matter. (15 words)
The inaccuracies described in the measurement methods above also contribute to the imprecision of these values. (16 words)
As others have pointed out above, the bureaucratic opacity in a language culturally attuned to obfuscation and imprecision and documentation in a script virtually unknown out side the islands are alone sufficient reason not to risk the investment. (38 words)
Television viewership this time was down roughly 25 percent from 2016, which is striking, even taking into account the imprecision of measuring audiences as more people have the option of watching it on streaming video. (35 words)
The detention of migrants at the border in the Trump years echoes Rumsfeld’s refusal to share real numbers, but has gone even further in creating a kind of numerical imprecision around reality itself. (34 words)
Example sentences (18)
Their imprecision only increases what appears to be their main objective: instilling fear in the local populace.
It produces images that share some of the spontaneity and studied imprecision of impressionist painting, which was developing at much the same time as Théodore-Henri Fresson first demonstrated his pioneering process.
As others have pointed out above, the bureaucratic opacity in a language culturally attuned to obfuscation and imprecision and documentation in a script virtually unknown out side the islands are alone sufficient reason not to risk the investment.
First, there’s the imprecision of his forecast.
Television viewership this time was down roughly 25 percent from 2016, which is striking, even taking into account the imprecision of measuring audiences as more people have the option of watching it on streaming video.
The detention of migrants at the border in the Trump years echoes Rumsfeld’s refusal to share real numbers, but has gone even further in creating a kind of numerical imprecision around reality itself.
The problem with the resultant data was that the imprecision of hitting a virtual key rather than a real one meant lots of errors.
These tools—while effective—have limitations due to the fragmentation of the data sources, inconsistencies in the level and quality of information available, and the locational imprecision and the subjectivity of the observations.
A weakness of the Scoville Organoleptic Test is its imprecision due to human subjectivity, depending on the taster's palate and their number of mouth heat receptors, which varies greatly among people.
He also noted that the search for an approximate solution is no more efficient: "the more we seek to obtain precise approximations, the more the result will diverge towards an increasing imprecision".
However, mechanical imprecision in slide rules that were poorly constructed or warped by heat or use will lead to errors.
Statistical literature prefers to use the terms bias and variability instead of accuracy and precision: bias is the amount of inaccuracy and variability is the amount of imprecision.
The imprecision of the targeting is demonstrated by the inability of the Bureau to define the subjects of the programs.
The imprecision or mistakes usually concerned numbers, ranks, and dates, the first two tending to become inflated with time.
The inaccuracies described in the measurement methods above also contribute to the imprecision of these values.
The role of imprecision may depend on audience, end goal, extended context and subject matter.
Vegetables are usually specified by weight or occasionally by count, despite the inherent imprecision of counts given the variability in the size of vegetables.
What had been attributed to measure imprecision and simple " noise " was considered by chaos theorists as a full component of the studied systems.
Common combinations with imprecision
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- imprecision of 7×
- the imprecision 6×
- imprecision and 3×
- of imprecision 2×