inaccurate

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UK/ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/UK/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/UK/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət/US/ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ɪt/

adjective

Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

Opposite

Meanings

adjectiveinaccurate (comparative more inaccurate, superlative most inaccurate)

comparative more inaccurate · superlative most inaccurate

  1. Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

    It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes.

    2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management, page 253
    1 more example

    The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.

    2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1

    Synonyms: incorrect, wrong

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian грешен, неточен
  • грешен (grešen)not accurate
  • неточен (netočen)not accurate
Catalan imprecís
  • imprecísnot accurate
Chinese Mandarin 不准确的
  • 不准确的not accurate
Czech nepřesný
  • nepřesnýnot accurate
Finnish epätarkka, virheellinen
  • epätarkkanot accurate
  • virheellinennot accurate
French imprécis
  • imprécisnot accurate
German inakkurat
  • inakkuratnot accurate
Irish éigrinn, míchruinn
  • éigrinnnot accurate
  • míchruinnnot accurate
  • neamhchruinnnot accurate
  • neamhbheachtnot accurate
Italian inaccurato, impreciso
  • inaccuratonot accurate
  • imprecisonot accurate
Spanish desatinado, desacertado
  • desatinadonot accurate
  • desacertadonot accurate
Thai คลาดเคลื่อน
  • คลาดเคลื่อน (klâat-klʉ̂ʉan)not accurate
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APA

inaccurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccurate

MLA

“inaccurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccurate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inaccurate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccurate.

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