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inaccuracy

UK/ɪnˈakjʊɹəsi//ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/

inaccuracy noun: the property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.

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Noun

inaccuracy (countable and uncountable, plural inaccuracies)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
  2. (countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.
    • This book has a few factual inaccuracies, but only because of the limits of contemporary knowledge. For instance, at the time of writing, Ribbon Falls was thought to be the highest waterfall in the world; today we know that Angel Falls in Venezuela has this distinction.1922, Herbert Earl Wilson, The Lore and the Lure of the Yosemite Indians
    Synonyms:
    error, mistake, fault
  3. (uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
  4. A move that is considered suboptimal, but not as bad as a mistake or blunder.

inaccuracy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

inaccuracy in Tamil

சரியின்மை, தவறு, செம்மையின்மை, துல்லியமின்மை

inaccuracy in Urdu

غلطی, نادرستی

inaccuracy in Bengali

অনির্ভুলতা, ভুল, ত্রুটি, অযথার্থতা

inaccuracy in Malayalam

imprecision, incorrect-ness, inexactness
കൃത്യതയില്ലായ്മ, കൃത്യമില്ലായ്മ, സൂക്ഷ്മതയില്ലായ്മ, കണിശതയില്ലായ്മ, കുറവ്, ശരികേട്
fallacy, error, mistake
തെറ്റ്, സ്ഖലിതം, പ്രമാദം, ദോഷം, പിശക്, അബദ്ധം
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inaccuracy in Punjabi
غلطی ġalat̤ī

Examples of inaccuracy in a sentence

  • We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout.
  • So, is lambasting the Manifesto for inaccuracy a category error, akin, say, to fact-checking a slogan?
  • In these credit-crunched times, no one can afford a single inaccuracy that could lower a credit score.

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Synonyms of inaccuracy

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of inaccuracy

Forms of inaccuracy

pluralinaccuracies

Plural of inaccuracy: inaccuracies

Origin of inaccuracy

Morphologically in- + accuracy.

Questions about inaccuracy

What does inaccuracy mean?
Inaccuracy means the property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
What is inaccuracy in Tamil?
Inaccuracy in Tamil is சரியின்மை, தவறு, செம்மையின்மை. See Inaccuracy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inaccuracy?
Inaccuracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce inaccuracy?
Inaccuracy is pronounced /ɪnˈakjʊɹəsi/ (UK).
What is the plural of inaccuracy?
The plural of inaccuracy is inaccuracies.

Words near inaccuracy in the dictionary

  1. inaccordance
  2. inaccordancy
  3. inaccordant
  4. inaccrochable
  5. inaccuracies
  6. inaccuracy
  7. inaccurate
  8. inaccurately
  9. inaccurateness
  10. inachid
  11. inachids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inaccuracy (page history and authors); inaccuracy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inaccuracy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inaccuracy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inaccuracy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); غلطی (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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