different between lackadaisical vs inexact

English

Etymology

From the archaic expression lackadaisy +? -ic +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læk??de?z?k?l/; IPA^(key): /læks?-/ (non-standard)

Adjective

lackadaisical (comparative more lackadaisical, superlative most lackadaisical)

1. Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

   Synonyms: languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested, lethargic

2. Lazy; slothful; indolent.

Derived terms

• lackadaisically
• lackadaisicalness

Related terms

• lackaday
• lax

Translations

Further reading

• “lackadaisical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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