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inexact

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From French inexact.

adjective more inexact · most inexact

Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Similar: imperfect, imprecise
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.
Similar: loose
of a differential having a path-dependent integral

Opposite: exact, perfect, precise, strict

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adjective

Opposite: exact, perfect, precise, strict

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adj imperfectly conforming

Español	inexacto
Русский	неподходя́щий nepodxodjáščij

adj imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated

Русский	нето́чный netóčnyj, двусмы́сленный dvusmýslennyj

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@misc{inexact_2026,
  title = {inexact},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inexact},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}