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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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The story was updated because an earlier version had an inaccuracy.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even McCarthy, who completed 14 of 25 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns (plus a rushing touchdown), mentioned inaccuracies and his inability to throttle down outside of the pocket.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Then the doe took off, and the gravity of his imprecision sank in.—
Devon O’Neil,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
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Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The approach makes the computationally affordable method known as the truncated Wigner approximation (TWA) accessible for a much wider range of real-world problems.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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In these cases, the model may attempt to fill in the missing pieces with its best approximation, which can result in inaccurate or fabricated details.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Miami led 20-17 with one minute left at SMU when an unnecessary roughness flag — one of 12 penalties on the day — allowed the Mustangs to pick up a fourth-and-9 en route to a game-tying field goal.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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However, officials said there was no foul for targeting, but Downs was called for unnecessary roughness.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There is plenty of coarseness in American arenas totally unrelated to MAGA or Trumpism, of course.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Inexactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexactitude. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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