Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Inexact.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not exact; inexact.

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  • adjective Not exact.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ exact

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Examples

  • The microwaves are already here too folks, he said something like right now its an unexact science since its hard to know what shielding your target has around it - wood, concrete, titanium - and what you're immediate results are - loss of hardware, need to reboot, or nothing at all.

    whyjakeisodd Diary Entry whyjakeisodd 2001

  • Let us now see how an investigation of the bafflingly unexact measures of our examples will yield -- even though their irregular natures will not permit of precise poetic instances -- the few helpful hints we require.

    Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page

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