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

Once in a while, I feel so sad that I’ll never understand a piece of translated writing the way it’s really meant to be understood, because even the most exquisite translations are, by definition, inexact.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

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

Realism wasn’t the point; certainly it was an inexact portrayal of the workings of a football team, off and on the pitch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Their intelligence about the organization was often inexact.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela