释义 |
inaccuracy|ɪnˈækjʊərəsɪ| [f. next: see -acy, and cf. accuracy.] The quality or condition of being inaccurate; want of accuracy, exactness, or precision; with an and pl., an instance of this, an inaccurate statement.
1757Symmer in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 400 An inaccuracy with regard to one of the great privileges of the House had..been suffered to slip. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. 343 An appearance of inaccuracy in the use of terms. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 29 Some examples of inaccuracy, in the use of the verb without its nominative case. 1883A. Roberts O.T. Revis. vi. 131 The historical inaccuracies which the book contains. |