imprecise

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/    美 /ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/|/ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
    — Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).

词形变化

more imprecise comparative most imprecise superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
English precise
English imprecise
From im- + precise.
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