inaccuracy

noun

in·ac·cu·ra·cy | \ (ˌ)i-ˈna-kyə-rə-sē

, -k(ə-)rə-sē\

plural inaccuracies

Definition of inaccuracy

1 : the quality or state of being inaccurate

2 : mistake, error

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Examples of inaccuracy in a Sentence

I pointed out the inaccuracy of his statement. The text is filled with inaccuracies.

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While iTunes and the App Store have been hits, Maps was initially plagued by inaccuracies and Apple Pay struggled to gain traction. — Tripp Mickle, WSJ, "Apple’s Pressing Challenge: Build Its Services Business," 10 Jan. 2019 Newton’s wild inaccuracy gave Carolina’s offense no chance. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "The True Value of Alvin Kamara, Cam’s Erratic Throwing, and Buffalo’s Best Chance for an Upset," 5 Jan. 2018 Some of the inaccuracies concern student-debt records. — Kelsey Gee, WSJ, "Temple Rankings Scandal Spotlights M.B.A. Grads’ Swelling Debt," 5 Sep. 2018 Furthermore, a close analysis of how the IMF model and their dynamical model predictions differed showed that the sources of inaccuracy were different. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Physicists’ simple spanks economists’ complex in economic growth forecasts," 2 Aug. 2018 In the comments section, people didn't waste a minute calling Dylan out his caption for inaccuracy. — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, "Dylan Sprouse Joked on Instagram About Cardi B and Nicki Minaj's Reported Fight at NYFW," 10 Sep. 2018 Citizen-reporters, those whose political convictions self-justify their means, thus add to the inaccuracies of professional journalism. — Amar Bhidé, WSJ, "Skepticism Beats Snopes as an Antidote to Fake News," 8 June 2018 The top-down estimate was still a little higher, but this can be explained by small inaccuracies in the activity logs, which were only updated hourly. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "How leaky is natural gas production? One puzzle solved," 2 Nov. 2018 But other inaccuracies stayed in for the sake of the story. — Joanna Robinson, HWD, "Westworld’s Secret Weapon Teases the Show’s Gay Future," 20 May 2018

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