Inexact \In`ex*act"\, a. [Pref. in- not + exact: cf. F. inexact.] Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
After conducting its own rather inexact blind taste test on magazine staffers, Consumer Reports found that only seven of 19 self-proclaimed Coke or Pepsi fans could pick their preferred drink from unidentified samples.
While this process is difficult and inexact, it is better to be imprecisely correct than precisely wrong.
I would qualify it as inexact to say that an agreement has been reached on the withdrawal of all Cuban troops," he added.
The comparison between the strains afflicting the French currency and property markets is inexact, but intriguing nonetheless.
For the most part, the East Bloc clones were inexact copies of poor quality.
Among them are an uncertain rate of repayment of an investor's money and an inexact maturity date.
While spreadsheet market-share estimates are inexact, several analysts said that Lotus's share has fallen from more than 70% a year ago to between 60% and 65% today.
Casualty figures from the fighting were inexact, but surveys of hospitals and a tally based on several sources indicated more than 500 people _ including civilians, guerrillas and soldiers _ have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded.
Could I really deliver the goods? My business is public relations, an inexact science with unnerving potential for inadvertently inducing client displeasure.