inaccurate
inaccurate
Definition
in·ac·cu·rate (in ak′yər it)
adjective
not accurate; not correct; not exact; in error
inaccurate
Synonyms
inaccurate
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Unfortunately, we quickly found that there are some bugs in Photoshop that make the book inaccurate in some respects.
Modifies a noun
- reporting: It was the wildly inaccurate reporting of the media who placed flying saucers in the minds of the eager awaiting public not Arnold.
- stereotype: This concern for public safety is based on wholly inaccurate stereotypes about the mentally ill.
- assumption: Staff and parents often make inaccurate assumptions about people if they are unaware that a person has a hearing problem.
- price: RAW 2006, please report inaccurate prices to live help.
- information: They can also help to correct any inaccurate information showing on your credit report.
- perception: Those fears may well be out of proportion and based on inaccurate perceptions, but they are very real.
Modifying Another Word
- factually: Beside, many of the exhibits are out of their time, or factually inaccurate.
- wildly: There followed a series of " spun " reports from Downing Street, often wildly inaccurate on military matters.
- grossly: Maps of the roads in the area are grossly inaccurate.
- notoriously: Translating search terms using translation software is notoriously inaccurate due to the absence of context.
- woefully: But while some of us chuckle at the hint of truth therein, such a sweeping rebuttal is woefully inaccurate.
- historically: So the " Prince " is historically inaccurate but you won't want to get distracted by what a proxy wedding was.
Infinitive complement
- say: It is inaccurate to say all of this was " paternity fraud " .
- claim: It is completely inaccurate to claim that Wellington Dock is in the " Working Docks " area.
Used with adjective complement
- prove: For example: In several cases the team's assessment of impact or probability proved inaccurate.
- become: This can become inaccurate in the earlier censuses due to illiteracy.
- provide: Consequently when asked questions, the expert might provide inaccurate, inconsistent and incomplete information.
Preposition: in
Browse dictionary entries near inaccurate
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- inaccessibly
- inaccessible
- inaccessibility
- inability
- -ina
- in your midst
- in-your-face
- in vivo
- inaccurately
- inaction
- inactivate
- inactivated
- inactivating
- inactivation
- inactive
- inactively
- inactivity
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