inexact
Word family nouninexactitudeinexactnessadverbinexactlyadjectiveinexact
in·ex·act /ˌɪnɪɡˈzækt◂/ adjectiveadj EXACTnot exact 不精确的,不准确的 Earthquake prediction is an inexact science. 地震预测是一门不精确的科学。
inexact science• Entertaining, for sure, but an inexact science.• Some of them were really interested in meteorology, others only tolerant of what they considered to be a very inexact science.• That is why valuation, under the old rating system, was a most inexact science.