inaccurate

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ accurate. See also unaccurate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/, /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/, /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/

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Adjective

inaccurate (comparative more inaccurate, superlative most inaccurate)

1. Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
   • 2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management, page 253:

     It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes.

   • 2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1:

     The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.

Synonyms

• incorrect
• wrong

Antonyms

• accurate

Derived terms

• inaccurateness
• inaccuracy
• inaccurately

Translations

not accurate

• Bulgarian: грешен (bg) (grešen), неточен (bg) (netočen)
• Catalan: imprecís (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不准确的

• Czech: nepřesný m
• Finnish: epätarkka (fi), virheellinen (fi)
• French: imprécis (fr)
• Galician: impreciso (gl) m
• German: inakkurat
• Irish: éigrinn, míchruinn, neamhchruinn, neamhbheacht
• Italian: inaccurato, impreciso (it)
• Spanish: inexacto
• Thai: คลาดเคลื่อน (th) (klâat-klʉ̂ʉan)

Italian

Adjective

inaccurate f pl

1. feminine plural of inaccurato

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