Approximate
Approximate adjective - Not precisely correct.
Usage example: police could only give us an approximate count of the number of people who attended the air show
Flawed and approximate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flawed" instead an adjective "Approximate".
Flawed
Flawed adjective - Having a fault.
Approximate and flawed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximate" instead an adjective "Flawed".
Nearby Word: flaw
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- An implication of this idea is our world is inherently flawed; it can only approximate "the good" and it can never match it.
Source: Useful Notes / Objectivism - Note that things in this reality can at best approximate the form of goodness; this entire world and everyone and everything in it are inherently flawed.
Source: Useful Notes / Objectivism
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