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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Price contends the Jameson portion of the USGS report is outdate and inaccurate, pointing to a much more recent 2025 third-party review from Sproule ERCE energy consultants that estimates the Jameson basin could hold 9 billion net barrels of recoverable crude oil.
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
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For the state’s primary care providers in 2019, commercial plans had inaccurate information 24% of the time.
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The Big 12 did not clarify which part of Leipold's statement was inaccurate.
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Others produced inconsistent or inaccurate results, including labeling some dogs as breeds with legal or insurance implications.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
For the state’s primary care providers in 2019, commercial plans had inaccurate information 24% of the time.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
The Big 12 did not clarify which part of Leipold's statement was inaccurate.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Inaccurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaccurate. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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