Definition of "inexactitude" [in•ex•act•i•tude]

• Lack of exactitude; inexactness. (noun)

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• "Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being."
• "That would be, in my opinion, a kind of inexactitude worse than that to which we are exposed in admitting the details supplied by the texts."
• "So, if you take a figure of approximately Rs 52,000 crore, one third of this would certainly be absorbed by the upstream companies, the government would certainly absorb 50% or more, the kind of inexactitude is really about the balance"