inaccurate
adjective
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, -​k(ə-​)rət-​ , -​kyərt-​ \
adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for inaccurate
Synonyms
erroneous, false, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, untruthful, wrong
Antonyms
accurate, correct, errorless, exact, factual, precise, proper, right, sound, true, valid, veracious
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The predictions of post-Janus doom have proven woefully inaccurate. — oregonlive, "Labor disputes across Oregon heat up on Labor Day," 1 Sep. 2019 The state Supreme Court recently overturned the murder convictions of Shawn Henning and Ralph Birch based partly on the inaccurate testimony of Lee at their trials that a brown spot found on a towel was human blood. — Dave Altimari, courant.com, "State will fight man’s attempt to vacate Darien murder conviction based on faulty forensics by Henry Lee," 26 Aug. 2019 The stock photography commonly used in stories about vaccines are often medically inaccurate in a range of ways, from showing the wrong syringes to showing shots being administered incorrectly. — Casey Gueren, SELF, "Stock Photos for Vaccines Are Notoriously Bad, So We Created Our Own," 26 Aug. 2019 Now, as was made clear in 2016, polls are far from the only indicator of future success, and they can be flawed or inaccurate. — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, "Who Is Leading the Democratic 2020 Polls?," 20 Aug. 2019 Self-reporting is a less widely accepted method because it's considered less reliable and prone to inaccurate recall. — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, "Drinking fluoridated water during pregnancy may lower IQ in sons, controversial study says," 19 Aug. 2019 Up to Saturday, Brissett has endured an up-and-down training camp, at times looking too inaccurate to be consistently effective. — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, "Insider: Backup QB Jacoby Brissett shines in Colts' loss to Browns, run game doesn't," 17 Aug. 2019 It was first used by the investigative journalism organization First Draft to describe inaccurate or outright erroneous news, particularly if fabricated with the intent to mislead. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "Fake news has been enabling fascism for a whole century," 15 Aug. 2019 To be frank, a lot of the voices on the left weren’t honest in their arguments and were sometimes inaccurate about guns and gun owners. — Glamour, "She Once Starred in an NRA Ad. Now SE Cupp Wants Gun Control," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inaccurate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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