单词 | inexactness |
释义 | inexactness|ɪnɛgˈzæktnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being inexact; want of precision; inaccuracy. Also with an and pl.: An instance of this.
1828Webster, Inexactness, incorrectness; want of precision. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §25. 92 An..instance of literal inexactness in the Gospel narratives. 1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. I. 75/1 They do exclude wit, which sometimes shows inexactnesses where mensuration would be tardy and incommodious. 1899Q. Rev. Jan. 113 To sweep it [language] away because of its inadequacy and inexactness would be to sweep away the thoughts which it has more or less inadequately preserved. |

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