inexact

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Others combine to forge inexact recollections, grouping together years of returning to specific family properties, rental houses and cottages, condos and campsites.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

Any assessment of testing is always going to be inexact, based as it is on hints and snapshots of something necessarily opaque.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

Quantifying bot and spam accounts on Twitter was always an inexact science, which Musk seized on when he tried to concoct a way out of his deal.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

While the figure may be inexact, as outliers can skew the average, the housing price increase in White Salmon mirrors exploding prices throughout the touristy Gorge region.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Their intelligence about the organization was often inexact.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela