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inaccurate

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in·ac·cu·rate  (n-kyr-t)
adj.
Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.

in·accu·rate·ly adv.
in·accu·rate·ness n.
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Adj.1.inaccurate - not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"
incorrect, wrong - not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
inexact - not exact
imprecise - not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"
accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

inaccurate
adjective incorrect, wrong, mistaken, wild, faulty, careless, unreliable, defective, unfaithful, erroneous, unsound, imprecise, wide of the mark, out, inexact, off-base U.S., Canad. (informal) off-beam (informal) discrepant, way off-beam (informal) << OPPOSITE accurate
Translations
Spanish inaccurate [ɪnˈækjurət] adjinexacto, incorrecto
French inaccurate [ɪnˈækjurət] adjinexact(e); [person] → qui manque de précision
German inaccurate [ɪnˈækjurət] adjungenau;
(not correct) → unrichtig

Italian inaccurate [ɪnˈækjurət] adjinaccurato/a; [figures] → inesatto/a; [translation] → impreciso/a

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* This is a simplistic and inaccurate picture of religious teachings.
Nor are instances of this kind so rare as some superficial and inaccurate observers have reported.
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