inexactness
Example Sentences
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“The reality is there is inexactness in a huge range of terminology within the foundation sector,” said Lori Villarosa, PRE’s executive director.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
The inexactness of the tools leaves holes in what researchers can reasonably say about boredom.
From Nature ● Jan. 11, 2016
“For consequential problems, where inexact results could cause a bridge to be misdesigned, or erroneous conclusions about the mechanics of climate, the inexactness is problematic.”
From New York Times ● May 11, 2015
Railroading was organized to move thousands of tons of goods at extremely high speeds and split-minute timing, the exactness or inexactness of which spelled increased savings or costs for shippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Herbert Spencer no doubt talked of the unknown and unknowable, but not in this sense as an element of inexactness running through all things.
From First and Last Things by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
