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unaccuracy

unaccuracy is the obsolete form of inaccuracy.

Meaning of inaccuracy

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.

Forms of unaccuracy

pluralunaccuracies

Questions about unaccuracy

What is unaccuracy the obsolete form of?
Unaccuracy is the obsolete form of inaccuracy.

Words near unaccuracy in the dictionary

  1. unaccumulate
  2. unaccumulated
  3. unaccumulates
  4. unaccumulating
  5. unaccumulation
  6. unaccuracy
  7. unaccurate
  8. unaccurately
  9. unaccurateness
  10. unaccursed
  11. unaccusable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unaccuracy (page history and authors); inaccuracy (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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