How to Use inaccurate in a Sentence

inaccurate

adjective
  • The fact that the school claims to be nonsectarian does not give it the right to be inaccurate.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • To be sure, Bard is far from the only chatbot to be inaccurate.
    Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The group says that such systems can be inaccurate and lead to false arrests.
    Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In a statement to CNN, Jones said the details of the conversation in the claim were inaccurate.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Many may not recognize it as such due to the name of the program and the often inaccurate image that the name evokes.
    James Seddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • When dozens of the tests turned out to be inaccurate, the FDA prohibited their use.
    Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2021
  • But the agency told The Texas Tribune the migrants' claims were inaccurate.
    Rosa Flores, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The 90% figure, as well as the idea that third parties bear nearly the entirety of the cost, is inaccurate.
    Lee O. Sanderlin and Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Reports that the four friends — three of whom lived at the home where their bodies were found— were tied up or gagged are inaccurate, the department added.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • This claim is in the ballpark for the coal comparison, but the math on the oil usage is wildly inaccurate.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In a statement to Bloomberg, TikTok said the figure is inaccurate.
    Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The way that that testing was presented to the jury was inaccurate.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Brock Purdy couldn’t grip the ball in the rain and was unusually inaccurate.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • To be fair, Burden's college coach and said the reports were inaccurate.
    Bryce Lazenby, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The problem is not just that these accounts were inaccurate.
    Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The department also warned that some of the arrival times logged may be inaccurate.
    Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Lost or damaged goods and inaccurate records also play a part.
    Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Nagi added in a letter that some of the claims made by protesters are inaccurate.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And one study did find that 1 in 3 home monitors was inaccurate.
    Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Tweets with hateful and inaccurate content have spiked since Musk’s takeover, researchers claimed to Bloomberg last week.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • Or worse yet, the financial statements are inaccurate or do not come on time.
    Anthony A. Luna, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • All three audience members said that Musk’s tweet was inaccurate and that the booing drowned out the cheering.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The impact could be inaccurate diagnoses, which could cost lives and break down trust in the healthcare system.
    Christian Espinosa, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The archaic notion that learning is a function of adding to what is not there is inaccurate.
    Loubna Noureddin, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • But the judge in the case declined to remove the affidavit and instead ordered the inaccurate paragraphs to be redacted.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • The company employs thousands of workers in the US, and its claims are inaccurate, in my opinion.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But this is inaccurate—Blake does not portray Pitt and Nelson.
    Alan Jacobs, Harper's Magazine, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Worse, the statute authorizes Ms. James to bring a civil-fraud suit for inaccurate statements discovered in the process.
    Philip Hamburger, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Musk’s critics will of course prefer some more scandalous explanation, but there’s no evidence Musk’s version of events is inaccurate.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 30 May 2025
  • The law, known as NEPA, has been the basis of major litigation by groups opposed to particular projects, which frequently sue to block construction by alleging that the impact study was incomplete or inaccurate.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 May 2025

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