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Meaning of INACCURATE

Pronunciation:  in'akyurit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"
  2. [adj]  containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"; "the answer was inaccurate"
  3. [adj]  not precisely accurate; "an inexact quotation"
 
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 Synonyms: away, erroneous, faulty, outside, unfaithful, wide, wide of the mark
 
 Antonyms: accurate
 
 See Also: imprecise, incorrect, inexact, wrong

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*ac"cu*rate\, a.
Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect;
erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment,
calculation, etc.
      The expression is plainly inaccurate.    --Bp. Hurd.
Syn: Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect;
     incomplete; defective.
 
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