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# inexactitude

«inexactitude» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being not exact or not correct; a small mistake:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an inexactitude, inexactitudes; inexactitude — uncountable) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Being not exact or not correct; a small mistake: inexactitude in the measurements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#m1)

2) (formal, euphemism, joking) «terminological inexactitude» = a lie; a polite, funny way of saying someone has not told the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths inexactitude is error in measuring; in old political speech «a terminological inexactitude» is a famous joking euphemism for a lie. Phrases: «a terminological inexactitude», «inexactitude in measurement».

### examples

- The scientist pointed out an inexactitude in the results. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#x1)
- Small inexactitudes in measuring made the shelves crooked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#x2)
- The politician was accused of a terminological inexactitude — in other words, a lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#x3)
- Rounding causes some inexactitude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#x4)
- There was inexactitude in the old map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#x5)
- His story contained a few inexactitudes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/#x6)

### note

Very formal and rare; in plain talk «mistake», «error» or «inaccuracy». Opposite: exactitude (exactness). In maths, rounding 3.7 to 4 brings an inexactitude of 0.3.

### In the corpora

- ["Terminological inexactitude" is a joking name for a lie (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inexactitude» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.