 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inaccurate
adjective
1: not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer
is inaccurate" [ant: {accurate}]
2: not precisely accurate; "an inexact quotation" [syn: {inexact}]
3: containing or characterized by error; "erroneous
conclusions"; "the answer was inaccurate" [syn: {erroneous}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inaccurate \In*ac"cu*rate\, adjective
Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite
correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man,
narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.
Note: The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion
or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has
some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as
a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is
flagrant.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The expression is plainly inaccurate. --Bp. Hurd.
Syn: Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect;
incomplete; defective.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "inaccurate":
adulterated, aleatoric, aleatory, all wet, amiss, amorphous,
approximate, approximative, awry, blemished, blobby, blurred,
blurry, broad, chance, chancy, chaotic, cold, confused, damaged,
defective, deficient, disordered, erroneous, fallacious, fallible,
false, faulty, flawed, foggy, found wanting, fuzzy, general, hazy,
hit-or-miss, ill-defined, illogical, immature, impaired, imperfect,
imprecise, impure, inadequate, inchoate, incoherent, incomplete,
incorrect, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable,
indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, lacking, lax, loose, makeshift,
mediocre, mistaken, mixed, negligent, nonspecific, not perfect,
obscure, off, orderless, out of line, out of plumb, out of square,
out of true, partial, patchy, random, shadowed forth, shadowy,
shapeless, short, sketchy, specious, stochastic, sweeping, unclear,
unconscientious, uncritical, undefined, undestined, undetermined,
undeveloped, uneven, unexacting, unfactual, unfinical, unfinished,
unfussy, unmeticulous, unpainstaking, unparticular, unperfected,
unplain, unprecise, unpunctilious, unpunctual, unrigorous,
unscrupulous, unsound, unspecified, unthorough, untrue, vague,
veiled, wanting, wrong
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