"Procedure" is a dull, imprecise word, warning us to rewrite.
Role players An imprecise word, because all players have a role.
But for MacCulloch, "science is a very imprecise word", at its core exhibiting "no clash of purpose or intention with religion".
Collusion is an imprecise word, but it does seem close to certain that his son Donald, Jr., and several people who worked for him colluded with people close to the Kremlin; it is up to prosecutors and then the courts to figure out if this was illegal or merely deceitful.
Although billed as a narrow attack on one particular late-term abortion procedure, the measure's imprecise wording would criminalize the use of the safest and most common pre-viability abortion method used after the first trimester, namely dilation and evacuation.
In his younger days, he was so well known for his temper — lateness, casual dress and the unacceptably imprecise word "indicate" would all set him off — that before hearings one prominent defense lawyer used to take a Valium, which he called "the Judge Brown pill".
Judges in New York and Nebraska have barred the administration from enforcing the abortion law in response to suits brought by groups of doctors, who have argued, correctly, that the ban should be struck down because of imprecise wording and the lack of an exception to protect a woman's health.
I realize that "droves" is an imprecise word and, moreover, that out-migration from a dot-com boomtown such as San Francisco was to be expected during an economic bust.
My word-fishing has irritated me to the point that instead of moving on and settling for a more imprecise word ("thing" is a tempting stand-in), I sometimes stop and wallow in my frustration, even soliciting the help of my listener.
5) Beginning with the discussion of Figure 5, the manuscript is very difficult to follow due to imprecise wording and obscure terminology.
