inaccuracy
[in-ak-yer-uh-see]
- something inaccurate; error.
- the quality or state of being inaccurate.
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Origin of inaccuracy
Synonyms
See more synonyms for inaccuracy on Thesaurus.com1. mistake, blunder, slip, inexactitude. 2. incorrectness, erroneousness, inexactness.
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Contemporary Examples
To treat Islam as one evil enterprise “seems to me to be the height of inaccuracy and irresponsibility,” he told me forcefully.
This system is not only inefficient and costly, but prone to inaccuracy.
I don't see a piece that was riddled with inaccuracy or gooeyness.
Historical Examples
These are the people of whom we hear: "He works badly, he has the genius of inaccuracy."
Introduction to the Study of HistoryCharles V. Langlois
This sometimes leads to an inaccuracy which needs a word of explanation.
More Letters of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
It needs but little to show the inaccuracy of such hypotheses.
The ViolinGeorge Hart
Tom Reed said that my principal defect was inaccuracy of statement.
Mark Twain's SpeechesMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The note itself will best demonstrate the inaccuracy of this commentary.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 (of 5)John Marshall
inaccuracy
- lack of accuracy; imprecision
- an error, a mistake, or a slip
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Word Origin and History for inaccuracy
n.
1701, "quality or condition of being inaccurate," from inaccurate + -cy. As an example of this, by 1883.
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