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Synonyms for inexact


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-ig-zakt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪgˈzækt



Définition of inexact

Origin :
  • 1828, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + exact. Related: Inexactly.
  • adj inaccurate
Example sentences :
  • Is it then the results of Biological science which are “inexact”?
  • Extract from : « Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays » by Thomas Henry Huxley
  • The illustrations are inexact, and the explanations are meagre and unsatisfactory.
  • Extract from : « Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) » by Carl Engel
  • Furthermore, the English essayist's description of the drug's effects is inexact.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • That is to say: two inexact, two doubtful, and twelve accurate details.
  • Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
  • There is a representation; it is inexact, because it is fragmentary and momentary.
  • Extract from : « A Night in the Luxembourg » by Remy De Gourmont
  • And yet, too, like most inexact men, he was a rare stickler for certain niceties.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
  • But we know how inexact this conception, both of magic and of religion, is.
  • Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
  • But if this explanation is not inexact, it is, nevertheless, insufficient.
  • Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
  • He loved what was inexact and obscure, Spinoza the clear and definite.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • To say he was surprised were inexact, for he had long since left that sentiment behind him.
  • Extract from : « The Dynamiter » by Robert Louis Stevenson

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