imprecision

imprecise | American Dictionary

imprecise
adjective
us/ˌɪm·prɪˈsɑɪs/
not accurate or exact:
As all the data have not yet been collected, the figures are still imprecise.

Examples of imprecise

imprecise
But even then, it did so only in terms that were vague and imprecise.
The standards are, however, imprecise and inadequately regulated.
Incorporating this level of imprecision into predictions based on the model will lead to imprecise predictions of potential storage times.
Nevertheless, it is always the case that much uncertainty is left unaccounted for by either ignoring or assuming ' exact ' values for imprecise results.
An important issue here is to balance the cost of updates against the cost of imprecise information.
Even their justified criticisms of cladistic methodologies are somewhat imprecise and do not tackle the fundamental problems of this approach.
They should join the critics who condemn writing that is imprecise or unclear.
Among the definitions of "periphery" is "a zone constituting an imprecise boundary," which we think aptly characterizes the normative terrain.
In addition, phylogenetic relationships among irregular taxa as well as the relationship with regular echinoids remain imprecise.
We note that the linear cointegration model has more parameters to be estimated, and some of the adjustment coefficients are relatively imprecise.
As with the other systems, the fuzzy sets represent imprecise values of case attributes.
Since these solved instances can contain uncertain and imprecise values, linguistic values represented by fuzzy sets are used.
How imprecise results are represented in analyses may affect both the type of data analyses performed and the conclusions drawn.
Imprecise words such as 'realism' change their meaning, and it would be misleading to attribute to the audiences of the 1950s our idea of realism.
Occasional imprecise splicing can generate new proteins assembled from parts of old ones without sacrificing the original genes.
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