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inexact

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

having a path-dependent integral

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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4

adjective

Meaning 4

not exact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: exact

History

Etymology

From French inexact.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неточен (netočen) — imperfectly conforming
  • Catalan: inexacte — imperfectly conforming
  • Hungarian: pontatlan — imperfectly conforming
  • Russian: неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij) — imperfectly conforming
  • Spanish: inexacto — imperfectly conforming
  • Tagalog: disingkad — imperfectly conforming
  • Russian: нето́чный (netóčnyj) — imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • Russian: двусмы́сленный (dvusmýslennyj) — imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • Swedish: oexakt — imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • Swedish: oprecis — imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • Tagalog: disingkad — imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • Tagalog: disingkad — having a path-dependent integral