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Antonyms for inexactness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-ig-zakt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪgˈzækt |
Definition of inexactness
Origin :- 1828, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + exact. Related: Inexactly.
- As in inaccuracy : noun error, erroneousness
- As in speciousness : noun fallacy
- As in spuriousness : noun fallacy
- As in fallacy : noun illusion, misconception
- To correct the inexactness of the expression, we add, "but not with unity."
- Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
- Investigators are then apt to become loud in their complaints of its inexactness.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
- Does not the second letter correct the inexactness of the first?
- Extract from : « Giorgione » by Herbert Cook
- Still, for our present purpose, an important consequence of the inexactness is clear.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
- Inexactness of expression, and bad logic do not necessarily indicate unsound faith.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
- An accurate writer avoids looseness of thinking and inexactness of expression as he avoids libel.
- Extract from : « News Writing » by M. Lyle Spencer
- But more correct measurements showed that these figures were not quite exact, and the fraction of inexactness killed the theory.
- Extract from : « The Story of Evolution » by Joseph McCabe
- The vagueness and inexactness of the word "utility," or the word "good," disappears when we reach the word "value."
- Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
- How then has this notion of the inexactness of Biological science come about?
- Extract from : « Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays » by Thomas Henry Huxley
- Inexactness of observation is sure sooner or later to be detected, and to be visited on the head of the man who commits it.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 » by Various
Synonyms for inexactness
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- blunder
- casuistry
- cavil
- corrigendum
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- defect
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- exaggeration
- falsehood
- fault
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- howler
- illogicality
- imprecision
- inconsistency
- incorrectness
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- slip
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- subterfuge
- typo
- unfaithfulness
- unreliability
- untruth
- wrong
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