inexact adj

1 not exact [ant: exact]

2 not precisely accurate; "an inexact quotation" [syn: inaccurate]

English

Adjective

1. Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
2. Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
3. In the context of "physics|of a differential": having a path-dependent integral

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

adulterated, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphous, approximate, approximative, blemished, blobby, blurred, blurry, broad, chance, chancy, chaotic, confused, damaged, defective, deficient, disordered, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, faulty, foggy, found wanting, fuzzy, general, hazy, hit-or-miss, ill-defined, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, inaccurate, inadequate, inchoate, incoherent, incomplete, incorrect, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, lacking, lax, loose, makeshift, mediocre, mixed, muddled, negligent, nonspecific, not perfect, obscure, off, orderless, out of line, out of plumb, out of square, out of true, partial, patchy, random, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless, short, sketchy, stochastic, sweeping, unclear, unconscientious, uncritical, undefined, undestined, undetermined, undeveloped, uneven, unexacting, unfactual, unfinical, unfinished, unfussy, unmeticulous, unpainstaking, unparticular, unperfected, unplain, unprecise, unpunctilious, unpunctual, unrigorous, unscrupulous, unsound, unspecified, unthorough, vague, veiled, wanting, wrong