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单词 inexactness
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inexactnessn.

/ɪnɛɡˈzaktnɪs/
Etymology: < inexact adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being inexact; want of precision; inaccuracy. Also with an and plural: An instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun]
wrongc1620
obliquity1646
untrueness1652
unaccurateness1659
inaccuracy1671
unexactness1677
unaccuracy1702
wrongness1726
looseness1769
inexactitude1786
imprecision1803
inexactness1828
impreciseness1907
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > instance of
inaccuracy1690
inaccurateness1699
inexactness1828
inexactitude1875
not-quite1948
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Inexactness, incorrectness; want of precision.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §25. 92 An..instance of literal inexactness in the Gospel narratives.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 75/1 They do exclude wit, which sometimes shows inexactnesses where mensuration would be tardy and incommodious.
1899 Q. Rev. Jan. 113 To sweep it [language] away because of its inadequacy and inexactness would be to sweep away the thoughts which it has more or less inadequately preserved.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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