as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
an unfortunate inaccuracy in the report
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Recent Examples of inaccuracy
That runs the risk of inconsistencies and inaccuracies popping up as accounting information is handed off between components.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Instead, Freedman, decrying unspecified inaccuracies, suggested that because Disney and Marvel are advertisers with THR and its parent company, Penske Media Corporation, that this publication is doing the bidding of Reynolds.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Black Hawk Down is based on journalist Mark Bowden's book of the same name, though the film has been met with criticism for historical inaccuracies and its depictions of Somalis.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Despite some inevitable inaccuracies and omissions, the memoir remains the best portrait of Mahler in print—an act of complex, intense devotion.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Instead, Freedman, decrying unspecified inaccuracies, suggested that because Disney and Marvel are advertisers with THR and its parent company, Penske Media Corporation, that this publication is doing the bidding of Reynolds.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Black Hawk Down is based on journalist Mark Bowden's book of the same name, though the film has been met with criticism for historical inaccuracies and its depictions of Somalis.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Despite some inevitable inaccuracies and omissions, the memoir remains the best portrait of Mahler in print—an act of complex, intense devotion.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaccuracy
Noun
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However, a few hours later, Party admitted that recording and teasing the song was a mistake.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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Closing Rockledge hospital is a mistake The recent decision by Orlando Health to close its Rockledge Hospital will cost lives in Cocoa.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And that’s before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE’s website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.—
Bloomberg News,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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But the employee also explained that the recent layoffs will reduce the agency’s ability to defend against IT or security errors, on top of diminishing morale.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Still, many in Kenya condemned the talks as a political blunder by President William Ruto, and called on him to reverse course.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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The verdict came after a blunder by Miami-Dade state prosecutors, who felt the need to apologize to jurors for not identifying a purse on the couch next to where Knighton was sitting in Blount’s apartment when she was shot.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Inaccuracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaccuracy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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