1
as in approximate
not precisely correct
a thousand is an inexact figure for the number of islands in the St. Lawrence River
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2
as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
an inexact and misleading statement regarding the number of combat casualties
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Recent Examples of inexact
Max accounts for the vast majority of that total, but the comparisons with peers are inexact since linear TV subscribers are also included in the tally.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
But even Kármán’s initial attempts in the 1950s were inexact.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Wednesday's bizarre, inexact, and amorphous Rose Garden rally was a series of endless platitudes.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Freud’s notion of remembering, the inexact reiteration of what came before, is where creativity emerges—that slight drift from the original that lets something unlikely slip in.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
But even Kármán’s initial attempts in the 1950s were inexact.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Wednesday's bizarre, inexact, and amorphous Rose Garden rally was a series of endless platitudes.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Freud’s notion of remembering, the inexact reiteration of what came before, is where creativity emerges—that slight drift from the original that lets something unlikely slip in.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexact
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Vietnam exported apparel worth $44 billion in 2024, with an approximate 38 percent of this to the U.S, an increase of 12.33 percent over the previous year according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
22 May 2025
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Air Traffic Control Salary The approximate median annual wage for air traffic control specialists is $127,805, according to FAA data last updated in February.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who had lived as a legal U.S. resident in Maryland for 14 years while working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Ortega also explained that her age makes people assume an inaccurate sense of naiveté.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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But this is inaccurate as grid-scale storage batteries (BESS) can resolve this problem.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The senators are incorrect three times, and surely more.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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But here’s the twist: both might technically be incorrect.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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For affluent Latino parents Enrique and Ilana Gomez, this moment goes hilariously wrong from the start, when their daughter Yoli invites her Mexican-born intended Marcos over to the family’s Pasadena home for dinner.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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But even putting O’Brien on notice would be an attempt to intimidate and silence a critic, which is plainly wrong.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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The language of the proposal is imprecise, the purpose is not.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
24 May 2025
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On a recent weekday, Paul Sweet, collection manager for the ornithology department, stood in the Bug Room, and in the interest of scientific precision pointed out that its name was imprecise.—
Corey Kilgannon,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Inexact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexact. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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