inaccuracy

English

Etymology

Morphologically in- +‎ accuracy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈakjʊɹəsi/, /ɪnˈakjəɹəsi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/

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Noun

inaccuracy (countable and uncountable, plural inaccuracies)

1. (uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.

   Synonyms: imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness

2. (countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.

   Synonyms: error, mistake, fault

   • 1922, Herbert Earl Wilson, The Lore and the Lure of the Yosemite Indians‎^[1]:

     This book has a few factual inaccuracies, but only because of the limits of contemporary knowledge. For instance, at the time of writing, Ribbon Falls was thought to be the highest waterfall in the world; today we know that Angel Falls in Venezuela has this distinction.

3. (uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
4. (chess) A move that is considered suboptimal, but not as bad as a blunder.

Antonyms

• accuracy

Related terms

• inaccurate
• inaccurately

 

Translations

lack of accuracy

• Bulgarian: неточност (bg) f (netočnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不準確／不准确 (zh) (bù zhǔnquè)

• Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: epätarkkuus, epätäsmällisyys (fi)
• German: Ungenauigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ανακρίβεια (el) f (anakríveia)
• Hungarian: pontatlanság (hu)
• Japanese: 不正確 (ja) (fuseikaku)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناڕەوایی (narrewayî)

• Maltese: ineżattezza f
• Manx: neuchruinnys m, meechruinnys m, neuchiartys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unøyaktighet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: inexatidão f
• Russian: нето́чность (ru) f (netóčnostʹ)
• Swedish: felaktighet (sv) c

inaccurate statement

• Bulgarian: грешно твърдение (grešno tvǎrdenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不準確／不准确 (zh) (bù zhǔnquè), 錯誤／错误 (zh) (cuòwù)

• Czech: nepřesnost f
• Dutch: fout (nl), onnauwkeurigheid (nl) f, onjuistheid (nl), onwaarheid (nl)
• German: Ungenauigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ανακρίβεια (el) f (anakríveia)
• Maori: tapepetanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unøyaktighet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: inexatidão f
• Swedish: felaktighet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: неточність f (netočnistʹ)

incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision

• Bulgarian: грешка (bg) f (greška)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不準確／不准确 (zh) (bù zhǔnquè), 不精確性／不精确性 (bùjīngquèxìng)

• Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: epätarkkuus
• German: Ungenauigkeit (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unøyaktighet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: imprecisão (pt) f
• Russian: нето́чность (ru) f (netóčnostʹ), погре́шность (ru) f (pogréšnostʹ)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} erreur (fr), ^{(please verify)} faute (fr), ^{(please verify)} inacuratesse, ^{(please verify)} imprécision (fr), ^{(please verify)} inexactitude (fr) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} inesattezza (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 부정확 (ko) (bujeonghwak)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} inexactitud f