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inexact, a.|ɪnɛgˈzækt|
[in-3. Cf. F. inexact (1701 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Not exact; not strictly correct or precise; also, not strict or rigorous.
1828Webster, Inexact, not exact; not precisely correct or true. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) I. 83 This statement of the ancient writer is inexact. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 390 The enquiry was continued in..a very inexact manner. 1883Longm. Mag. Apr. 620 The records of an anemometer on the top of a house are, from their very nature, inexact.
b. Of a person: Characterized by inexactness of knowledge, statement, etc.
1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii. II. 178 note, Burnet was far indeed from being the most inexact writer of his time. 1875Whitney Life Lang. viii. 150 Inexact thinkers. |