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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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For one, the data was self-reported, which can introduce inaccuracies.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
2 June 2026
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His attorney, Joe Pace, disputes that claim and says the government relied heavily on inaccuracies in an old plea agreement that stated Munoz began dealing drugs before becoming a citizen.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The imprecision in his birthdate, which differs from the singularness in the date of his death, feels like an open wound where the dying is more certain than the living.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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A certain amount of confusion and imprecision is built into the use of the term.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This rule of thumb gives an approximation of how much money retirees can withdraw from their savings each year in order to give themselves good odds of not running out of money 30 years later.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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Since the Neo Geo’s scaling hardware can efficiently stretch those sprites vertically without much overhead, the raycasting data can be quickly converted into a chunky approximation of a first-person view.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Noun
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But even something about this roughness seems, in its way, right.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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That means that one in every 17 miles of Idaho roads studied scored poor on the roughness index.—
Rose Evans
May 11,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2026
Noun
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Inexactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexactitude. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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