- the quality of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy
- pl. -·cies an error or mistake
inaccuracy
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inaccuracy
noun
pl. in·ac·cu·ra·cies- The quality or condition of being inaccurate.
- An instance of being inaccurate; an error.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural inaccuracies)
- (uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
- (countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.
- (uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
Origin
in- 'un-, not' + accuracy (from Latin accuratus, from the past participle of accurare "to take care of", itself from ad- "to" + curare "take care of" (from cura "care, concern, trouble", from a Proto-Indo-European base *kois- "to be concerned"))
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