All inexactness synonyms

noun inexactness

• imprecision — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
• vagueness — (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person.
• uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
• roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
• inaccuracy — something inaccurate; error.
• indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
• erroneousness — The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous.
• error — A mistake.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
• corrigendum — an error to be corrected
• erratum — An error in printing or writing.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• howler — a person, animal, or thing that howls.
• incorrectness — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
• miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
• typo — typographical error.
• unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
• unreliability — not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
• misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
• falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
• heresy — opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
• inconsistency — the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
• misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
• paradox — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
• untruth — the state or character of being untrue.
• aberration — An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.
• ambiguity — If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
• artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
• bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
• casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
• cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
• deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
• deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
• delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
• deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
• elusion — The act of eluding.
• equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
• evasion — The action of evading something.
• faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
• flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
• illogicality — illogic.