inaccuracy
/ɪnˈakjʊrəsi
/noun (plural inaccuracies) [mass noun]
1The quality or state of not being accurate: a weapon of notorious inaccuracy...
- Firstly, automated devices have been notorious for their inaccuracy, although accurate devices are now appearing on the market.
- This is partially due to the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly due to carbon dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic record.
- Bear in mind that working from memory is one of the most common causes of journalistic inaccuracy.
Synonyms
incorrectness, inexactness, inexactitude, imprecision, erroneousness, mistakenness, fallaciousness, faultiness
1.1 [count noun] An aspect of something that is not accurate: reference works full of inaccuracies...
- I pointed out that the story was full of inaccuracies and untruths about me, but he was still very excited about the project.
- But it's not polite to complain about improbabilities and inaccuracies in other people's love letters.
- Among those of us who look on, a few will be curmudgeonly - carping at inaccuracies or misrepresentations of the original.
Synonyms
error, mistake, miscalculation, fallacy, slip, oversight, fault, blunder, gaffe, defect, flaw;
erratum, typographical error, slip of the pen, printer's error, literal, corrigendum;
slip of the tongue;
Latin lapsus calami, lapsus linguae
informal slip-up, foul-up, clanger, howler, boob, boo-boo, fail, typo
North American informal blooper, goof
British informal, dated bloomer