inexact

English

Etymology

From French inexact

Adjective

inexact (comparative more inexact, superlative most inexact)

1. Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
2. Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
3. (physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral

Synonyms

• (imperfectly conforming): imperfect, imprecise
• (imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated): loose

Antonyms

• (precisely agreeing): exact, perfect, precise
• (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): exact, strict
• (having a path-dependent integral): exact

Translations

imperfectly conforming

• Catalan: inexacte
• Russian: неподходя́щий (ru) (nepodxodjáščij)

• Spanish: inexacto
• Tagalog: disingkad

imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated

• Russian: нето́чный (ru) (netóčnyj), двусмы́сленный (ru) (dvusmýslennyj)
• Swedish: oexakt, oprecis

• Tagalog: disingkad

having a path-dependent integral

• Tagalog: disingkad

Anagrams

• Texican

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French

Etymology

in- +‎ exact

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛɡ.zakt/

Adjective

inexact (feminine singular inexacte, masculine plural inexacts, feminine plural inexactes)

1. inexact (not exact)

Antonyms

• exact

Further reading

• “inexact” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).