lack of precision

collocation in English

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precision
noun[U]
uk /prɪˈsɪʒ.ən/ us /prəˈsɪʒ.ən/
the quality of ...
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Examples of lack of precision

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This is not petty criticism of typos or spelling errors, but reference to a certain lackofprecision throughout the volume.
Despite the lackofprecision in meaning, these are useful (and sometimes limiting) groupings.
The current lackofprecision regarding the link between a positive test result and a prediction of risk, for even single-gene disorders, reinforces this argument.
Any lackofprecision because of missing values is represented by larger standard errors around the parameters.
This lackofprecision represents a challenging opportunity for the construction of a sociological framework of analysis.
Furthermore, production variability may originate in a lackofprecision in the phonetic specifications of a lexical representation.
To require gender for singular but not plural personal pronouns (or for that matter demonstrative, interrogative, or relative pronouns) suggests a lackofprecision.
The lackofprecision appears to increase employers' control over the terms on which they acquire labour.
Our semantics is thus less precise than the traditional semantics, to reflect the lackofprecision of programmers.
It was, of course, this lackofprecision that precipitated the series of biting criticisms already referred to.
That some might think otherwise merely reflects the danger of being misunderstood if you make lackofprecision too much of a virtue.
As will be established later, the "proliferation" of these objects has been greatly exaggerated because of the lackofprecision in classifying hollow figurines.
The allowance for fetal distress almost certainly reflects the lackofprecision in diagnosis rather than its true incidence.
He successively tests the hypotheses related to the economy, politics and ideology, even although with some lackofprecision and a fluid prose that is full of exceptions.
Unfortunately, many of these studies had problems with power due to limited sample sizes, and this has meant that there has been a lackofprecision surrounding parameter estimates.
Intentional fraud is one thing; a lackofprecision when organising projects is quite another.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
To this end, we must eliminate every lackofprecision in the legal and administrative systems responsible for these funds.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I accept his reasons for a lackofprecision about some of his figures, but he can be precise in one area at least.
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He seemed to think that there was some vagueness and lackofprecision about the proposals.
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