Inaccurate

  • 1Inaccurate — In*ac cu*rate, a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. Note: The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2inaccurate — I adjective amiss, approximate, blundering, broad, careless, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, falsus, faulty, garbled, general, generalized, groundless, imprecise, improper, incorrect, indiligens, inexact, loose, misreported, misstated,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3inaccurate — (adj.) 1738, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not + ACCURATE (Cf. accurate). Related: Inaccurately (1660s) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4inaccurate — [adj] erroneous all wet*, careless, counterfactual, defective, discrepant, doesn’t wash*, fallacious, false, faulty, imprecise, incorrect, in error, inexact, mistaken, off, off base*, out*, specious, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, untrue, way… …

    New thesaurus

  • 5inaccurate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not accurate. DERIVATIVES inaccuracy noun inaccurately adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6inaccurate — [in ak′yər it] adj. not accurate; not correct; not exact; in error inaccurately adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 7inaccurate — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 8inaccurate — adj. inaccurate to + inf. (it is inaccurate to say that she was dismissed) * * * [ɪn ækjʊrɪt] inaccurate to + inf. (it is inaccurate to say that she was dismissed) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 9inaccurate — in|ac|cu|rate [ınˈækjurıt] adj not completely correct ≠ ↑accurate ▪ A lot of what has been written about him is inaccurate. inaccurate information/data etc ▪ He was fined $300,000 for making inaccurate statements to Congress. >inaccurately adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10inaccurate — [[t]ɪnæ̱kjʊrət[/t]] ADJ GRADED If a statement or measurement is inaccurate, it is not accurate or correct. The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated... The reports were based on inaccurate information. Ant: accurate Derived words: inaccurately… …

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