Inexact

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
  2. 2
    Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.

    "At the same time, we were cognisant that careful scholars should never solely rely on their own impressionistic observations, and, that our own impressions were inexact and not capable of being quantified."

  3. 3
    having a path-dependent integral
Adjective
  1. 1
    not exact wordnet

Synonyms

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approximativeimperfectinaccuratelooseadulteratedaleatoric

Example

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"In the theory of knowledge, as in every other branch of science, we must think dialectically, that is, we must not regard our knowledge as ready-made and unalterable, but must determine how knowledge emerges from ignorance, how incomplete, inexact knowledge becomes more complete and more exact."

Etymology

From French inexact.

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