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unexact

unexact adjective: not exact.

Adjective

unexact (comparative more unexact, superlative most unexact)

  1. Not exact.
    • Descending under the earth, is a translation most of all unexact and illiteral.1765, Benjamin Dawson, Illustration of Texts, concerning the Logos

Forms of unexact

comparativemore unexact
superlativemost unexact
alternative forminexact

Origin of unexact

From un- + exact.

Words formed from unexact

Questions about unexact

What does unexact mean?
Unexact means not exact.
What part of speech is unexact?
Unexact is an adjective.

Words near unexact in the dictionary

  1. unevolutionary
  2. unevolvable
  3. unevolved
  4. unevolving
  5. unexacerbated
  6. unexact
  7. unexacted
  8. unexacting
  9. unexactingly
  10. unexactingness
  11. unexactness

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