imprecision

From im- +‎ precision.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [ˌɪm.pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

imprecision (countable and uncountable, plural imprecisions)

1. A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy.
   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 459:

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

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “imprecision”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “imprecision”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.