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imprecise

adj
/ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/UK/ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/US/ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/

Etymology

From im- + precise.

  1. derived from praecīsus
  2. derived from précis
  3. formed as imprecise — “in- + precise”

Definitions

  1. Not precise or exact

    Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

    • Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imprecise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imprecise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at imprecise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA