inaccurate

3 definitions found

inaccurate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inaccurate \In*ac"cu*rate\, a.
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

inaccurate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inaccurate
      adj 1: not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer
             is inaccurate" [ant: accurate]

inaccurate - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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