inexact
pronunciation
How to pronounce inexact in British English:
UK [ˌɪnɪgˈzækt]
How to pronounce inexact in American English:
US [ˌɪnɪɡˈzækt]
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- Adjective:
- not exact
- not precisely accurate
Word Origin
- inexact (adj.)
- 1828, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + exact. Related: Inexactly.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Parallels with europe 's response to the fall of the berlin wall are necessarily inexact .
- 2. Quantifying the effect that crumbling wealth will have on consumption is inexact .
- 3. The comparison is inexact . Nothing like as much money is going into clean energy as went into telecoms and internet firms .
- 4. Different accounting conventions make comparisons inexact , but non-financial firms in the s & p 500 index of listed american companies appear to account for only about a third of national corporate net debt , despite contributing a majority of profits .