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]