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    inexact


    1. It’s a very inexact formula for sure, but it makes you think


    2. inexact quality of language translation or changes to area scenery that may have occurred over


    3. It’s about trying to connect with potential readers where they look for what to read next, an inexact science


    4. dence, but that the details were very inexact


    5. He did not want a single thing to be inexact


    6. I may begin by reminding Captain Littlehales that I, as well as himself, have had to form my opinion, or rather my vision, of the accident, from printed statements, of which many must have been loose and inexact and none could have been minutely circumstantial


    7. Didn’t I understand those senseless words of Fyodor’s? And understanding them, did I doubt of their truth? Did I think them stupid, obscure, inexact? No, I understood him, and exactly as he understands the words


    8. Meanwhile many of the milkmaids had said to one another of the newcomer, "How pretty she is!" with something of real generosity and admiration, though with a half hope that the auditors would qualify the assertion—which, strictly speaking, they might have done, prettiness being an inexact definition of what struck the eye in Tess


    9. Fred did not enter into formal reasons, which are a very artificial, inexact way of representing the tingling returns of old habit, and the caprices of young blood: but there was lurking in him a prophetic sense that evening, that when he began to play he should also begin to bet—that he should enjoy some punchdrinking, and in general prepare himself for feeling "rather seedy" in the morning


    10. Similarly the contrast between permanent and temporary holding is applicable only in a broad and inexact fashion

    11. Thus it would not be inexact to declare that the $80 per share of greater assets for Company B are responsible for the $25 per share lower market price, since the earnings per share are assumed to be equal


    12. Just as Justice Stewart found it impossible to formulate a test for obscenity but nevertheless asserted, "I know it when I see it," so also can investors-in an inexact but useful way-"see" the risks inherent in certain investments without reference to complex equations or price histories


    13. All the intelligence, experience, and hard work that Greenberg and his partners have brought to bear has rewarded them with superior returns; but, as Greenberg readily acknowledges, they make plenty of mistakes and are often quite inexact in their estimates of a company's revenues and earnings


    14. I give some timing tips below but I stress that style timing is a highly inexact science


    15. Such date matching is inexact because institutional forecasters often use the institution’s latest published forecast, which can be stale by the survey date


    16. Whereas these tendencies are often very reliable, their exact timing and magnitude of movement are an inexact science at best


    17. ” That definition is inexact


    18. " That definition is inexact


    19. And this conception of beauty, although it seems very clear is, unfortunately, again inexact; for it widens out on the other side, i


    20. (1 a) The first, the physiological-evolutionary definition, is inexact, because, instead of speaking about the artistic activity itself, which is the real matter in hand, it treats of the derivation of art

    21. The modification of it (1 b), based on the physiological effects on the human organism, is inexact, because within the limits of such definition many other human activities can be included, as has occurred in the neo-æsthetic theories, which reckon as art the preparation of handsome clothes, pleasant scents, and even of victuals


    22. " However partial, inexact, and rude this definition may be, it is yet partly true, and is incomparably juster than the definition which considers critics to be men who can explain works of art


    23. It might be possible to suppose this with the inexact heathen definition of good; but with the clear Christian definition of good and evil, it is impossible to imagine it


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    Synonyms for "inexact"

    inexact rough incomplete vague

    "inexact" definitions

    not exact