inaccuracy

English

Etymology

in- 'un-, not' + accuracy (from Latin accuratus, from the past participle of accurare "to take care of", itself from ad- "to" + curate "take care of" (from cura "care, concern, trouble", from a Proto-Indo-European base *kois- "to be concerned"))

Noun

inaccuracy (countable and uncountable, plural inaccuracies)

(uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
(countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.
- 1922, Herbert Earl Wilson, The Lore and the Lure of the Yosemite Indians‎:
  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.
(uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.

Synonyms

(property) imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness
(inaccurate/false statement etc.) error, mistake, fault

Antonyms

accuracy

Related terms

inaccurate
inaccurately

Translations

lack of accuracy

Bulgarian: неточност (bg) f (netočnost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不準確 (zh), 不准确 (zh) (bù zhǔnquè)
Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid (nl) f
Finnish: epätarkkuus, epätäsmällisyys (fi)
German: Ungenauigkeit f
Greek: ανακρίβεια (el) f (anakríveia)
Hungarian: pontatlanság (hu)
Japanese: 不正確 (fuseikaku)

Kurdish:
Sorani: ناڕه‌وایی‎ (narrewayî)
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 (zh), 不准确 (zh) (bù zhǔnquè), 錯誤 (zh), 错误 (zh) (cuòwù)
Czech: nepřesnost f
Dutch: fout (nl), onnauwkeurigheid (nl) f, onjuistheid, onwaarheid (nl)
German: Ungenauigkeit f

Greek: ανακρίβεια (el) f (anakríveia)
Maori: tapepetanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: unøyaktighet (no) m or f
Portuguese: inexatidão f
Swedish: felaktighet (sv) c

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

Bulgarian: грешка (bg) f (greška)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不準確 (zh), 不准确 (zh) (bù zhǔnquè), 不精確性, 不精确性 (bùjīngquèxìng)
Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid (nl) f
Finnish: epätarkkuus

German: Ungenauigkeit 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 f

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 부정확 (ko) (bujeonghwak)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} inexactitud f