different between disorderly vs inexact

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???.d?.li/

Adjective

disorderly (comparative more disorderly, superlative most disorderly)

1. Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.

   The books and papers are in a disorderly state.

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; unruly; lawless.

   disorderly people; disorderly assemblies

4. (law) Offensive to good morals and public decency.

   a disorderly house

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

disorderly (plural disorderlies)

1. A person who acts in a disorderly manner.
   • 1843, Parliamentary Papers (volumes 25-26, page 140)

     The police are allowed one shilling a-head upon all disorderlies who are discharged by the magistrates upon payment of expenses. The number so discharged are about a third of the number in custody.

Adverb

disorderly (comparative more disorderly, superlative most disorderly)

1. In a confused or lawless manner.

Anagrams

• disordrely

English

Etymology

From French inexact

Adjective

inexact (comparative more inexact, superlative most inexact)

1. Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
2. Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
3. (physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral

Synonyms

• (imperfectly conforming): imperfect, imprecise
• (imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated): loose

Antonyms

• (precisely agreeing): exact, perfect, precise
• (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): exact, strict
• (having a path-dependent integral): exact

Translations

Anagrams

• Texican

French

Etymology

in- +? exact

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n??.zakt/

Adjective

inexact (feminine singular inexacte, masculine plural inexacts, feminine plural inexactes)

1. inexact (not exact)

Antonyms

• exact

Further reading

• “inexact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French inexact.

Adjective

inexact m or n (feminine singular inexact?, masculine plural inexac?i, feminine and neuter plural inexacte)

1. inaccurate

Declension