Sentence examples similar to an imprecise descriptor from inspiring English sources

In truth, thriller is a convenient but imprecise descriptor for "Boarding Gate," which resists categorization despite Mr. Assayas's stated insistence that he was trying (really) to make a B movie in English.

Strange, however, that the magazine chose the bland, imprecise descriptor "ethnic". If they meant African American, couldn't they have just said that? UPDATE II: Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, has released a statement apologizing for what was supposedly a mistranslation.

It is an imprecise analogy.

But straw bales are an imprecise medium.

"We know it is an imprecise system.

Risk assessment is an imprecise art.

DOING the arithmetic is an imprecise venture.

"It's an imprecise thing," Mr. Bewkes said.

There was only an imprecise emotional surfeit.

Judging school quality, of course, is an imprecise business.

First, estimating gestational age is an imprecise science.