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Definition of inexact in English: inexactadjective ˌɪnɪɡˈzaktˌɪnɛɡˈzaktˌɪnɪɡˈzækt Not quite accurate or correct. Example sentencesExamples - HIV is adept at generating inexact or mutated copies, which can show resistance to medications.
- Age determination is an inexact science and the margin of error can sometimes be as much as 5 years either side. Assessments of age measure maturity, not chronological age.
- The definition of sport is broad and inexact, but any recreation combining physical exercise with an element of competition usually fits the bill.
- NEW Year predictions have been flying around all week and I see no reason why I should not have a go at this remarkably inexact science.
- It is important that the idea the logo communicates is vague and inexact, for we should not be given the opportunity to compare the registers of product and logo too closely.
- The process of putting alien genes into plants and animals to favour certain traits or to confer resistance is at best an inexact science with unpredictable results.
- But criticizing alchemy as an inexact science is not a valid reason not to pay attention to it since, as stated earlier, this is not the ground of its knowledge claims.
- Despite the volume and quality of the research, divining what is in the ocean remains an inexact science.
- Modeling mine behavior and sediment transport is still an inexact science.
- But even in this computerised age, avalanche prediction is an inexact science and that is because of the variables involved.
- But earthquake warnings are still an inexact science.
- She also admits that gauging how long students will take to complete an exam is an inexact science: examiners usually time themselves on their own exams, then allow students three times as long.
- It said it was investigating him for spreading false information on the market and presenting and publishing inexact accounts about the bailout.
- It ought to be pointed out that calculating passenger kilometres is an inexact science.
- Sustainable building is an inexact science and its adherents are learning all the time.
- In the case of many regions, determining whether an industry is basic or non-basic is a rather inexact science.
- Statistical revision is the wild card in that most inexact pack of jokers known as economics.
- Unfortunately, the cancer detection story is one that suffers from the problems of being an inexact science.
- However, calculating the beneficial effect to the atmosphere derived from a given area of trees is as yet an inexact science.
- I know translation is a difficult task, but is it this much of an inexact science?
Synonyms imprecise, not accurate, not exact, approximate, rough, crude, coarse-grained, general, vague, hazy, woolly incorrect, erroneous, wrong, false, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target, off, out, wanting, lacking North American informal ballpark
Derivatives noun ˌɪnɛɡˈzaktɪtjuːdˌɪnɪɡˈzaktɪtjuːdˌɪnɪɡˈzæktɪtud 1mass noun Lack of accuracy or precision. he is guilty of some terminological inexactitude - 1.1count noun An aspect of something that is not accurate.
Example sentencesExamples - Their behaviour during an ordinary weekend of vacation abroad was misinterpreted and reported with grave inexactitudes.
- In the 17th century, ‘certain great whales’ were defined, with biological inexactitude, as being ‘royal fish’.
- Some were major untruths, others simply mischievous inexactitudes.
- the report contains many inexactitudes and self-contradictions
adverbˌɪnɛɡˈzaktliˌɪnɪɡˈzaktliˌɪnɪɡˈzæktli A consideration of social isolation almost always occurs in the context of social support, and the two in most cases are used interchangeably. Both concepts have been defined inexactly over the past few decades. Example sentencesExamples - Ellinor is established in a bravura passage in which Glenthorn, the tale's official narrator, inexactly recollects the tales Ellinor told him of Irish history and myth.
- Different numbers might be represented exactly or inexactly within the FPU, but all IEEE values are represented with exactly the same precision of 15 decimals.
- ‘Neo - is a prefix that derives from the Greek adjective neos - ‘new’ or ‘fresh’ - and in theory it is used inexactly for those conservatives who once were not - or for those who have reinterpreted conservatism…
noun ɪnɪɡˈzaktnəsɪnɛɡˈzaktnəsˌɪnɪɡˈzæktnəs A generic constraint on cellular machines is the inherent inexactness of the computational elements comprising a biological regulation unit. Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps his training as a physicist doesn't necessarily provide the best training for the inexactness of political discussion.
- Confidence intervals should also remind examiners of the inexactness of the obtained score and, in some instances, provide an indication of the range of possible true scores.
- Second, in most cases, such a test is exact or, to the extent it is less than exact, the inexactness will work in favour of the accused.
- Despite the inherent inexactness of reproduction cost estimates, he insisted that their economic importance was such that they could not be ignored when they markedly differed from actual cost figures.
Definition of inexact in US English: inexactadjectiveˌiniɡˈzaktˌɪnɪɡˈzækt Not quite accurate or correct. Example sentencesExamples - It said it was investigating him for spreading false information on the market and presenting and publishing inexact accounts about the bailout.
- It is important that the idea the logo communicates is vague and inexact, for we should not be given the opportunity to compare the registers of product and logo too closely.
- HIV is adept at generating inexact or mutated copies, which can show resistance to medications.
- Despite the volume and quality of the research, divining what is in the ocean remains an inexact science.
- The process of putting alien genes into plants and animals to favour certain traits or to confer resistance is at best an inexact science with unpredictable results.
- It ought to be pointed out that calculating passenger kilometres is an inexact science.
- Modeling mine behavior and sediment transport is still an inexact science.
- But earthquake warnings are still an inexact science.
- In the case of many regions, determining whether an industry is basic or non-basic is a rather inexact science.
- However, calculating the beneficial effect to the atmosphere derived from a given area of trees is as yet an inexact science.
- The definition of sport is broad and inexact, but any recreation combining physical exercise with an element of competition usually fits the bill.
- Age determination is an inexact science and the margin of error can sometimes be as much as 5 years either side. Assessments of age measure maturity, not chronological age.
- But criticizing alchemy as an inexact science is not a valid reason not to pay attention to it since, as stated earlier, this is not the ground of its knowledge claims.
- But even in this computerised age, avalanche prediction is an inexact science and that is because of the variables involved.
- She also admits that gauging how long students will take to complete an exam is an inexact science: examiners usually time themselves on their own exams, then allow students three times as long.
- NEW Year predictions have been flying around all week and I see no reason why I should not have a go at this remarkably inexact science.
- Sustainable building is an inexact science and its adherents are learning all the time.
- Unfortunately, the cancer detection story is one that suffers from the problems of being an inexact science.
- I know translation is a difficult task, but is it this much of an inexact science?
- Statistical revision is the wild card in that most inexact pack of jokers known as economics.
Synonyms imprecise, not accurate, not exact, approximate, rough, crude, coarse-grained, general, vague, hazy, woolly
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