inexactness
Not quite right
Inexactness is the quality of being imprecise or not completely accurate.
It suggests approximation rather than error—measurements have some inexactness, estimates allow for it: The inexactness of the census figures made planning difficult.
Science often works to reduce inexactness; casual speech tolerates it.
Openness to multiple interpretations
- indefinitenessLack of clear boundaries
- hazinessState of being unclear
- obscurityState of being unknown
- murkinessDimness, lack of clarity
nebulousness · fuzziness · indistinctness · blurriness · cloudiness · opacity · equivocation · generality
Lack of precision
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- overshootGo beyond intended point
underestimation · discrepancy · deviation · fault · oversight · slip · off-target · miscount
Approximate value judgment
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- roughUneven in surface
rounding · proxy · sketch · outline · draft · modeling · rough estimate · back-of-envelope
Deviation from true value
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- fluctuationIrregular change over time
variability · discrepancy · scatter · noise · jitter · drift · fuzziness · coarseness
ambiguity
Openness to multiple interpretations
- indefinitenessLack of clear boundaries
- hazinessState of being unclear
- obscurityState of being unknown
murkiness · nebulousness · fuzziness · indistinctness · blurriness · cloudiness · opacity · equivocation · generality · imprecision
inaccuracy
Lack of precision
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
overshoot · underestimation · discrepancy · deviation · fault · oversight · slip · off-target · miscount · misreading
estimation
Approximate value judgment
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
rough · rounding · proxy · sketch · outline · draft · modeling · rough estimate · back-of-envelope · order of magnitude
measurement error
Deviation from true value
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
fluctuation · variability · discrepancy · scatter · noise · jitter · drift · fuzziness · coarseness · granularity
- imprecisionimprecision, inaccuracy, vagueness, fuzziness, approximation
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
- errorserror, mistake, blunder, blunders, fault
- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
inexactnessexactitude
Perfect correctness in detail
exactness · precision · accuracy · correctness · truth
inexactnessrigor
Strict, thorough precision
meticulousness · scrupulousness · punctiliousness · carefulness · fastidiousness
exact, exactly, exacting, inexact, exactness, exactitude, exaction, inexactly