Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being inaccurate.
- noun An instance of being inaccurate; an error.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being inaccurate; want of accuracy.
- noun That which is inaccurate; a mistake; a fault; a defect; an error.
- noun Synonyms Incorrectness, inexactness. Slip, inadvertence, blunder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy or exactness.
- noun That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The property of being
inaccurate ; lack ofaccuracy . - noun countable A statement, passage etc. that is
inaccurate orfalse . - noun uncountable Incorrect
calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack ofprecision .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
Etymologies
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Examples
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MALDEF posted a video on You Tube reputing what it calls inaccuracy and bias in the CBS reporting and brought me into the story as well.
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Roddick and Federer joked about what they call the inaccuracy of the Hawkeye line-calling system.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Roddick and Federer joked about what they call the inaccuracy of the Hawkeye line-calling system.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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But historical inaccuracy is something I simply cannot let stand.
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This inaccuracy comes from the fact that the prices of goods and services do not reflect the so-called externalities, or as I would term them, more accurately, the hidden costs.
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This inaccuracy comes from the fact that the prices of goods and services do not reflect the so-called externalities, or as I would term them, more accurately, the hidden costs.
The Hidden Costs « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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My prediction now, in full knowledge of my previous inaccuracy, is that his party - whose new leader lives in the next village to ours, and used to be one of our numerous record-breaking female local councillors - will dump him and either find a different potential prime minister, or (more likely) opt to back someone else's candidate while licking their wounds, as they did last December.
Comment spam nwhyte 2008
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From there, Memphis 'inaccuracy from the field allowed the Suns to extend the lead to double digits.
USATODAY.com 2008
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-- Is it ironic or sad that an article about Wikipedia inaccuracy is inaccurate?
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The plot is set in the Cold War, and apart from some inaccuracy from a technical point of view it is a good thriller.
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