imprecise

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Likewise, the inherent ' cover ' for an illicit program in legitimate activity makes differentiation much more imprecise.

Modifies a noun

• probability: In such cases a calculus for imprecise probabilities is often more appropriate.
• definition: The uncertainty stems from the imprecise definition of the term high.
• science: It is an imprecise science to estimate visitor numbers for some of the attractions.
• nature: This is made more difficult by the imprecise nature of the the basic results being analyzed.
• term: We repeat that ' property ' is an imprecise term in economics.
• language: In short, she advocated the virtues of sloppy, imprecise language.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: The bones are more than 55,000 years old, although their age is somewhat imprecise because they are beyond the limits of radiocarbon dating.
• rather: Unlike most legal documents, which are drafted by lawyers, the Charter is rather imprecise.
• too: I was too imprecise in coming to grips with my analysis of any subject.
• often: The language of physics or chemistry lectures is often imprecise.
• very: Estimates for special libraries, derived from 1996 research work, are very imprecise.
• so: Raglan was blamed for issuing so imprecise an order.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: Details relating to the extent of the damage remain imprecise.
• become: In less extreme cases, the computation of the beta weights and their standard errors can become very imprecise, due to round-off error.
• appear: And the difficulty in distinguishing between the two is one of the things that lead economists to differ and economics to appear so imprecise.