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Recent Examples of inexactitude
So much of the film turns on such evocative inexactitude, on our ability to wonder (and wander) about the image.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021
Bruno was fed up with berating his cooks for all their mistakes and inexactitudes, not to mention the grumbling.
—Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
For people like Davis, there is clearly a freedom that comes with this inexactitude.
—Katy Steinmetz, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021
Bruno was fed up with berating his cooks for all their mistakes and inexactitudes, not to mention the grumbling.
—Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
For people like Davis, there is clearly a freedom that comes with this inexactitude.
—Katy Steinmetz, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexactitude
Noun
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Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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For example, the comments criticize the sections on sea level rise, noting the report failed to capture the acceleration of such trends, among other inaccuracies.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But even with this approximation, classical computer simulations hit a wall.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Awareness is always a beat too late — our minds stitching together a rough approximation of what exactly happened.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With Boise State leading 7-3 and having just forced a 4th-and-long deep in South Florida territory, Banks threw down USF quarterback Byrum Brown, resulting in an unnecessary roughness penalty and a new set of downs that eventually led to a Bulls touchdown.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Sep. 2025
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Despite the bang-bang nature of the play, To’oTo’o was called for unnecessary roughness.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The coarseness of your grounds is determined by the width of the space between the two grinding burrs.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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In particular, there’s a stunning coarseness and ugliness in the Republican Party today.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Inexactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexactitude. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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