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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as in approximate
not precisely correct
the estimate is inaccurate, but will do for our purposes
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Recent Examples of inaccurate
The more important point is FERPA is about protecting the reputation of people against being damaged by information in school records that might be inaccurate or unfair.
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Unfortunately, his inaccurate messaging has had an impact.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
Everything’s groovy—until the Manson family rolls up and things get, uh… historically inaccurate.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 May 2025
How to lose weight Health experts stress that tactics to lose large amounts of weight quickly are either inaccurate or unsustainable.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Unfortunately, his inaccurate messaging has had an impact.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
Everything’s groovy—until the Manson family rolls up and things get, uh… historically inaccurate.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 May 2025
How to lose weight Health experts stress that tactics to lose large amounts of weight quickly are either inaccurate or unsustainable.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaccurate
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Still, Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador was erroneous, the government said.—
Ashley Oliver,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2025
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There’s a chance the erroneous WinRE error might be a little persistent.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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To Sturzenegger, that was in the approximate vicinity where Warren said the initial searches for Brick took place.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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These kinds of approximate methods could eventually inform the waveform templates that are so crucial for filtering out noise in upcoming gravitational-wave detectors, Plefka says.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 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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Ship was heading the wrong direction The training ship arrived at New York's Pier 17 and was open to the public to visit from May 13 to 17, according to the Mexican Consulate in New York.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The Final Destination: The NASCAR incident The opening disaster of The Final Destination is a NASCAR race gone horribly wrong.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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But the archaeologist was hasty, careless and imprecise, officials said, and after an excavator worked through the site, its location was lost to time — until now.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
8 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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“Inaccurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaccurate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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