Lexic.us

Definition of Inaccurate

1. Adjective. Not exact. "The thermometer is inaccurate"

Definition of Inaccurate

1. a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.

Definition of Inaccurate

1. Adjective. Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate. ¹

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Definition of Inaccurate

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inaccurate

Literary usage of Inaccurate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"Children's thinking is inaccurate. — The second great difference between the thinking of children and that of adults is in the accuracy of the results. ..."

2. Handbook on the Construction and Interpretation of the Laws by Henry Campbell Black (1911)
"20 INAPT AND inaccurate LANGUAGE 56. The use of inapt, inaccurate, or improper terms or phrases in a statute will not defeat the act, pro- V vided the real ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... they have delivered their conceptions in loose, inaccurate, and sometimes contradictory language.39 II. The devotion of individuals was the first ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1819)
"observes, that in a subsequent branch ef this cause the Master of the Roll$ noticed the inaccurate language of the decree us it stands in the Registrar's ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This meagre, confused, and inaccurate account seems to be all that has been handed down in the oral traditions of the eventually were forced to withdraw, ..."

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