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Slapdash vs Inexact - What's the difference?

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Slapdash is a related term of inexact.


As adjectives the difference between slapdash and inexact

is that slapdash is done hastily; haphazard; careless while inexact is imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.

As an adverb slapdash

is in a hasty or careless manner.

As a verb slapdash

is (colloquial) to apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.

slapdash

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
  • * 2014 , A teacher, " Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
  • When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a hasty or careless manner.
  • Directly, right there; slap-bang.
  • Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.
  • With a slap; all at once; slap.
  • (Prior)

    Synonyms

    * (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily * (directly): directly

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
  • to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
    to slapdash a wall

    inexact

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
  • Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  • (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