inaccurate
adjective
in·ac·cu·rate
(ˌ)i-ˈna-kyə-rət 
-k(ə-)rət
: not accurate : faulty
inaccurate information
Examples of inaccurate in a Sentence
he claimed that the TV ratings were inaccurate because they didn't take into account all those viewers in health clubs
the estimate is inaccurate, but will do for our purposes
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The first officer was then pulled off the crash for jurisdictional reasons and relayed inaccurate information to another investigator — saying the driver had nothing to drink that day.
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Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The stock was off 1% after the company said details in a Business Insider report that Microsoft ended negotiations over a $3 billion deal to lease the company's cloud infrastructure over security concerns were inaccurate.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 June 2026
The semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim described leaked versions of the draft as inaccurate.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Iran’s Tasnim news agency cited an unnamed official on Wednesday as saying parts of the text published by Bloomberg are inaccurate.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The stock was off 1% after the company said details in a Business Insider report that Microsoft ended negotiations over a $3 billion deal to lease the company's cloud infrastructure over security concerns were inaccurate.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 June 2026
The semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim described leaked versions of the draft as inaccurate.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Iran’s Tasnim news agency cited an unnamed official on Wednesday as saying parts of the text published by Bloomberg are inaccurate.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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“Inaccurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaccurate. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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inaccurate
adjective
in·ac·cu·rate
(ˈ)in-ˈak-yə-rət
: not accurate : not correct or exact
inaccurate information
inaccurately
adverb
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