The imprecise dating of the pottery shards made it difficult for researchers to place the settlement in the correct historical period.
陶器碎片的测年不精确，使研究人员难以将该定居点置于正确的历史时期。
Which choice best defines “imprecise”?
C — Not exact or accurate. “imprecise” means not exact or accurate.
Which word means “not exact or accurate”?
C — imprecise. “imprecise” means not exact or accurate.
imprecise — not exact or accurate. In Chinese: 不精确的.
imprecise is pronounced /ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs/.
The imprecise dating of the pottery shards made it difficult for researchers to place the settlement in the correct historical period. (陶器碎片的测年不精确，使研究人员难以将该定居点置于正确的历史时期。)
inaccurate, inexact, vague — all close in meaning to imprecise (not exact or accurate).
precise, accurate — each the opposite of imprecise (not exact or accurate).
Yes. imprecise is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.