inaccurate

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inaccurate

/ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/ UK
/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ UK
/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət/ UK
/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ US
/ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ɪt/ US
/-ət/ US
/ɪnˈæk.jʉː.ɹət/ Australia

Where it comes from

From in- + accurate. See also unaccurate.

adjective more inaccurate · most inaccurate

Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate. It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes.
Similar: incorrect, wrong

Opposite: accurate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: incorrect, erroneous, wrong, imprecise, inexact, faulty, unfaithful, away, outside, wide, error, misconceived, misguided, mistaken, false, improper

adjective

Opposite: accurate

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adj not accurate

Español	desatinado, desacertado
中文	不准确的
Français	imprécis
Deutsch	inakkurat
Italiano	inaccurato, impreciso

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@misc{inaccurate_2026,
  title = {inaccurate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inaccurate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}