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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not exact;
- Example: "an inaccurate translation"
- Example: "the thermometer is inaccurate"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inaccurate \In*ac"cu*rate\, a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. Note: The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is flagrant. [1913 Webster +PJC] The expression is plainly inaccurate. --Bp. Hurd. Syn: Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; defective. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inaccurate adj 1: not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" [ant: accurate]