But some reporters have used the term imprecisely, conveying the idea that a fatwa is the equivalent of a death sentence, or indiscriminately, using the term to describe what many would argue are political statements by terrorist groups, rather than religious rulings. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I then given an example, which Kevin imprecisely describes as “a dumb email [Bernstein] received that used the term both incorrectly and insultingly.” ❋ Unknown (2004)
We laypeople tend to use the word imprecisely to allude to fragility or vulnerability in old people, but for physicians and researchers, frailty is a specific medical syndrome with measurable criteria. ❋ By PAULA SPAN (2010)
Appended to the very top of that article is now a correction which, more or less, acknowledges that the original article "imprecisely" described the provisions of the bill. ❋ Glenn Greenwald (2006)
The result is that the OLED material is distributed imprecisely, creating mashed up colors or dead spots on a screen. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)
Though Spock had long ago accepted the reality—indeed, the necessity—of the feelings his mind generated, and though he regularly allowed himself to experience what he imprecisely regarded as his “human half,” he still sustained considerable control over his internal life. ❋ David R. George III (2011)
When I wrote, imprecisely, that domestic subsidies for agricultural commodities are equivalent to protective tariffs, I was groping at the notion that in both cases (1) domestic consumers/taxpayers pay a premium above the world price and (2) that foreign producers are discouraged from entering the domestic market. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Marriage is a cultural construct that imprecisely approximates that variable. ❋ Unknown (2009)
They refer to stuff in the distant past and they're always used imprecisely and in the latter case insensitively. ❋ Unknown (2010)
An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the geographical reach of the rally. ❋ James Taranto (2010)
The history of the Literature Prize appears as a series of attempts to interpret an imprecisely worded will. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But war is easy to criticize – the inhumanity of, as hell, done imperfectly/imprecisely, its inherent chauvinism and “unfairness,” etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And I spoke imprecisely, and have been corrected: “A boat floats because it (including its load) weighs exactly as much as the water it displaces …” ❋ Unknown (2009)
I wish my [FD], Matt, was not so [imprecise] when sending out emails on [behalf] of his colleagues. ❋ IttyBittyDittyCommittee (2021)
