inexact
adjective
in·ex·act
ˌi-nig-ˈzakt 
1
: not precisely correct or true : inaccurate
an inexact translation
2
: not rigorous and careful
an inexact thinker
Examples of inexact in a Sentence
The measurements were somewhat inexact, but they were close enough.
a thousand is an inexact figure for the number of islands in the St. Lawrence River
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Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Pricing players can be an inexact science, but is an extremely worthy exercise that can save future headaches.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 18 June 2025
There’s a key caveat here, which is that estimating reps in reserve is an inexact art.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 19 May 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
See All Example Sentences for inexact
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“Inexact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inexact. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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inexact
adjective
in·ex·act
ˌin-ig-ˈzakt
: not exactly correct or true : inaccurate
inexact measurements
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