Words from the heart find their mark, despite their inexactness!. From Wordnik.com. [le mot juste - French Word-A-Day] Reference
People who don't grasp the inexactness of all this are constantly misled. From Wordnik.com. [The Recovery Is Coming] Reference
In an odd way, the inexactness of the fit made the implied comparison more intriguing. From Wordnik.com. [Jilted City by Patrick McGuinness] Reference
This book is always interesting to children, and is such good reading that we need not feel afraid of Dickens 'inexactness and apparent prejudices. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
And it is unreal to assume, as you seem to, that his current inexactness is sufficiently elastic to cover all eventualities between now and November. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Don't Be Confused, I'm Serious About Ending War] Reference
Whilst I liked the touch screen, I was extremely grateful that there was a QWERTY keyboard; the inexactness of my stubby fingers would have soon led me to behanding myself!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Naively, we might imagine that the variation and relative inexactness of our measurements will become pronounced and obtrusive the more refined and microscopic are our measurement tools and procedures. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody Knows Nothing] Reference
It is probable that the continuation by Eugenius, which had come into his hands during this period, had, with its resumption of the point, reminded Bode of the inadequacy and inexactness of his previous rendering. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
I am fully aware that I have jumbled up events strangely, talking in the same page, and even sentence, of events which occurred at different times; but I have three excuses to offer for my unhistorical inexactness. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
Note 62 will explain the cause of this inexactness. From Wordnik.com. [Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03] Reference
Repetition may be bad, but surely inexactness is worse. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07] Reference
Another example of the purposeful inexactness of language. From Wordnik.com. [Booker Rising] Reference
Sabellianism in which he expressed himself with inexactness as to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
A stain on a manuscript, an inexactness in copy was severely punished. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
To correct the inexactness of the expression, we add, "but not with unity.". From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
How then has this notion of the inexactness of Biological science come about?. From Wordnik.com. [Science & Education] Reference
On the other hand, Horace's inexactness elsewhere makes either supposition quite possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry] Reference
In these several processes of taking the latitude there are numerous possibilities of inexactness. From Wordnik.com. [Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03] Reference
Renee, your stated preference for the ambiguity implies that you're happy with inexactness and uncertainty of meaning. From Wordnik.com. [CaroLINES] Reference
The substance is given, but the inexactness of the copy shows that the words could not have been dictated by Omniscience. From Wordnik.com. [Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People] Reference
And these zealous inquisitors, so intent on condemning my work, have failed to discover therein any grave fault, any flagrant inexactness. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [First and Last Things] Reference
Herbert Spencer no doubt talked of the unknown and the unknowable, but not in this sense, as an element of inexactness running through all things. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishman Looks at the World] Reference
As the number of units taken diminishes, the amount of variety and inexactness of generalisation increases, because individuality tells more and more. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishman Looks at the World] Reference
As the number of units taken diminishes, the amount of variety and inexactness of generalization increases, because individuality tells for more and more. From Wordnik.com. [First and Last Things] Reference
One of the most interesting aspects of these paintings is how the inexactness of their painted portraits softens up the rough edges of their personalities. From Wordnik.com. [Falls Church News-Press Online] Reference
Considerable pains have been bestowed on the exact rendering of the tenses of the Greek verb; for by inexactness in this detail the true sense cannot but be missed. From Wordnik.com. [Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Preface and Introductions] Reference
As previously with Culshaw, vocal perfection was compromised by physical inexactness, and the show was a reminder of how a visual impressionist is restricted by body-shape. From Wordnik.com. [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
His own exactness made him ruthless in exposing any inexactness in his adversaries, and there were few disputants who left an argument with Huxley in an undamaged condition. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work] Reference
"Well, you introduced us to Mr. Waterlow and he introduced us to -- to his friends," she explained, colouring, as if it were a fault for the inexactness caused by her magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [The Reverberator] Reference
The inexactness of a term won’t necessarily collapse the argument. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Vacuity of ID: Evolution hypothesis requires that the genome be a "multiple independent collection of selectable genes" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"But it is never safe to lay much stress on small points of inexactness or inconsistency in any author. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference
Euclid’s aim was that his system be free of unrecognized assumptions based on intuition, of guesswork and of inexactness. From Wordnik.com. [Euclid’s Window] Reference
It's a science of inexactness. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
This is the inexactness of an ill-paid clerk. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
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