imprecision

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/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/[ˌɪm.pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩]

noun

A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy.

Similar
impreciseness
Opposite
precision
OriginEnglish precision ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nounimprecision (countable and uncountable, plural imprecisions)

plural imprecisions

  1. countableuncountableA lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy.

    The imprecision with which Classical authors grouped various peoples of North-Africa together under terms like Afri or Punici.

    2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 459

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of lacking precision

Similar
impreciseness
Opposite
precision
Broader
inexactnessinexactitude
Also see
ambiguityimprecisenessinaccuracy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Englishprecision
  8. Englishimprecision

From im- + precision.

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Translations

Bulgarian неточност
  • неточност (netočnost)lack of precision
Finnish epätarkkuus, epätäsmällisyys
  • epätarkkuuslack of precision
  • epätäsmällisyyslack of precision
French imprécision
  • imprécisionlack of precision
German Ungenauigkeit
  • Ungenauigkeitlack of precision
Greek ανακρίβεια
  • ανακρίβεια (anakríveia)lack of precision
Portuguese imprecisão
  • imprecisãolack of precision
Romanian imprecizie
  • imprecizielack of precision

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with imprecision

decisiondivisiontelevisionvisionrevisionprecisioncollisionenvisioncircumcisionfissionincisionexcisionEurovisionindecisionelysianFrisianderisionuncircumcisionscissionconcisionallisionfield of visionmisprision
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Cite this entry
APA

imprecision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprecision

MLA

“imprecision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprecision. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imprecision,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imprecision.

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