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as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
he claimed that the TV ratings were inaccurate because they didn't take into account all those viewers in health clubs
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as in approximate
not precisely correct
the estimate is inaccurate, but will do for our purposes
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Recent Examples of inaccurate
The idea that gummy vitamins are just like candy and hold no nutritional value is inaccurate.
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
There’s an obvious place to start: Make an example of a university that has brazenly misled its students by reporting inaccurate data to the U.S. News and World Report college ranking.
—Preston Cooper, National Review, 15 Dec. 2024
How fitting that last month’s news that the Onion had bought Alex Jones’s unhinged, conspiracy-peddling media operation, Infowars, in a bankruptcy auction turned out to be inaccurate — or, at the very least, premature.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Poor quality or insufficient data may lead to inaccurate outcomes.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
There’s an obvious place to start: Make an example of a university that has brazenly misled its students by reporting inaccurate data to the U.S. News and World Report college ranking.
—Preston Cooper, National Review, 15 Dec. 2024
How fitting that last month’s news that the Onion had bought Alex Jones’s unhinged, conspiracy-peddling media operation, Infowars, in a bankruptcy auction turned out to be inaccurate — or, at the very least, premature.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Poor quality or insufficient data may lead to inaccurate outcomes.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaccurate
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In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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An employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024, Macy’s indicated.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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The app will still try to infer your approximate location, but that’s less risky.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Here are the approximate times opening act Gracie Abrams will take the stage, Taylor Swift will perform and the surprise songs should happen.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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But the chances of an offer shared with applicants interested in NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies and Millennium High School were incorrect due to an error in the programs’ seat availability.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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But an incorrect response loses any points the team might’ve already gained from this clue, and another team is allowed to steal.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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In the second column, list what feels wrong about the feedback.Melody Wilding, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Begiristain is being shown up not for signing bad players but for letting the wrong ones leave.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Of course, valuations are imprecise when used as market-timing tools.Ron Insana, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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With up to ten seconds of video static before each clip, replays were imprecise and hardly instant, airing only during halftime or after the game.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Inaccurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaccurate. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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