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Recent Examples of inexact Isotopic analysis of the elements that make up the ice can give an inexact but useful indication of the temperature at which the ice was formed. Carly Miller, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 The math, though, is a little more difficult and inexact. Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024 As an American holiday, Cinco de Mayo can often feel inexact. Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 29 May 2024 That’s why historical comparisons are a tad inexact. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for inexact
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexact
Adjective
  • Deportation flights proceed despite federal judge's order Note: All times shown are Eastern Time and are approximate.
    George Petras, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • These figures are approximate and don’t take into account recent layoffs.
    Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There were reports for a decade that his defection was imminent and even an erroneous report by a major outlet that a defection had happened.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Children’s Health Defense is an organization founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been criticized for his mixed and erroneous messaging about the ongoing measles outbreak, the largest in six years.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • By contrast, Russia’s own inertial guidance backups tend to be inaccurate.
    David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • In addition, prosecutors told their supervisors in a memo that the show had edited footage of the investigation out of chronological order, generating an inaccurate depiction of what happened.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Although some posters online have suggested the streetlamp are emitting ultraviolet or black light, that's incorrect, Davis said.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
  • When that happens, inferring eligibility based on the tax unit claiming the child would be incorrect.
    Elaine Maag, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In the case of the Ruscha photographs, computer vision was simply wrong.
    Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, advocates are watching closely, concerned that the wrong move could result in a fallout that decimates Connecticut’s paltry infant and toddler care system, supports too-few households, or depends on a source of money that is vulnerable to shifting economic winds.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Our reliance on digital tools is relatively new, and the tools neuroscientists have to observe human brain activity are imprecise and confined to labs.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Sometimes this was a result of imprecise aircraft—an obstacle that today’s technology has overcome.
    Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Inexact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexact. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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