adjective
inaccurate
ihn-A-kyuu-ruht
adjective
1
Wrong or not exact; containing errors.
"The news report was inaccurate and had to be corrected the next day."
"Her estimate of the cost turned out to be wildly inaccurate."
How to Use Inaccurate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot correct — containing mistakes or missing the true figure.
Easily confused with
unaccurate
Common pairings
inaccurate information
wildly inaccurate
factually inaccurate
Word Forms
more inaccurate comparative, most inaccurate superlative
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Etymology
From in- plus accurate.