1
as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
he claimed that the TV ratings were inaccurate because they didn't take into account all those viewers in health clubs
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2
as in approximate
not precisely correct
the estimate is inaccurate, but will do for our purposes
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Recent Examples of inaccurate
Anyone who would suggest that the WHCA’s control of the logistics was bad is just completely inaccurate.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Correction: The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office clarified that previous updates from the Miami Herald noting a source saying a father of one of the cheer camp students shot the gunman, and that he was killed, were inaccurate.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
As Justin forges his own way forward, these unnecessary stories and inaccurate assumptions will continue.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Apr. 2025
Sometimes the results are inaccurate, generated by AI hallucinations – responses AI systems produce that sound convincing but are incorrect, made up or irrelevant.
—Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Correction: The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office clarified that previous updates from the Miami Herald noting a source saying a father of one of the cheer camp students shot the gunman, and that he was killed, were inaccurate.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
As Justin forges his own way forward, these unnecessary stories and inaccurate assumptions will continue.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Apr. 2025
Sometimes the results are inaccurate, generated by AI hallucinations – responses AI systems produce that sound convincing but are incorrect, made up or irrelevant.
—Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaccurate
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Smartmatic was frequently mentioned when Trump’s lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell appeared as guests on Fox News and Fox Business Network programs in late 2020 and spread Trump’s erroneous charges that voting machines were rigged to throw the election to Joe Biden.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hampered by this erroneous guidance, health authorities and the American public began to believe that women were physically incapable of producing enough breastmilk.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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The odds will change leading up to Saturday's approximate post time of 6:57 p.m. EDT as bettors place their wagers.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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The president chose the county, which voted for him in November by an approximate 56-44 percent margin, to discuss his administration's trade policies and other efforts during its first 100 days.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Common factors that contribute to misconfigurations include: • Human Error: Typing mistakes, syntax errors or incorrect command sequences.—
Alexander Britkin,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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That is the correct decision for her and her game, but also the incorrect decision for all of us at home watching a television program.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Some would argue that picking a celebrity is the wrong way forward.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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In the 20th century, however, things started to go wrong.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Detractors argue that there is no need to add more of the compound on top of what naturally occurs in water and that distributing it via drinking water is an imprecise and uncontrolled way of dosing residents.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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While its consumer protection goals are laudable, its imprecise drafting introduces ambiguity that employers and background screening providers must now navigate.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Inaccurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaccurate. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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