Standard Lemma guide

inaccuracy

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈakjʊɹəsi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈakjəɹəsi/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AE1 K Y ER0 AH0 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: error, mistake, fault

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A move that is considered suboptimal, but not as bad as a mistake or blunder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: board-games, chess, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mul:?!

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the quality of being inaccurate and having errors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: accuracy

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: inexactness, inexactitude, looseness

History

Etymology

Morphologically in- + accuracy.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неточност (netočnost) — lack of accuracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不準確 /不准确 (bù zhǔnquè) — lack of accuracy
  • Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid — lack of accuracy
  • Finnish: epätarkkuus — lack of accuracy
  • Finnish: epätäsmällisyys — lack of accuracy
  • German: Ungenauigkeit — lack of accuracy
  • Greek: ανακρίβεια (anakríveia) — lack of accuracy
  • Hungarian: pontatlanság — lack of accuracy
  • Japanese: 不正確 (fuseikaku) — lack of accuracy
  • Central Kurdish: ناڕەوایی (narrewayî) — lack of accuracy
  • Maltese: ineżattezza — lack of accuracy
  • Manx: neuchruinnys — lack of accuracy
  • Manx: meechruinnys — lack of accuracy
  • Manx: neuchiartys — lack of accuracy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: unøyaktighet — lack of accuracy
  • Portuguese: inexatidão — lack of accuracy
  • Russian: нето́чность (netóčnostʹ) — lack of accuracy
  • Spanish: desacierto — lack of accuracy
  • Spanish: desatino — lack of accuracy
  • Swedish: felaktighet — lack of accuracy
  • Bulgarian: грешно твърдение (grešno tvǎrdenie) — inaccurate statement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不準確 /不准确 (bù zhǔnquè) — inaccurate statement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤 /错误 (cuòwù) — inaccurate statement
  • Czech: nepřesnost — inaccurate statement
  • Dutch: fout — inaccurate statement
  • Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid — inaccurate statement
  • Dutch: onjuistheid — inaccurate statement
  • Dutch: onwaarheid — inaccurate statement
  • German: Ungenauigkeit — inaccurate statement
  • Greek: ανακρίβεια (anakríveia) — inaccurate statement
  • Māori: tapepetanga — inaccurate statement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: unøyaktighet — inaccurate statement
  • Portuguese: inexatidão — inaccurate statement
  • Spanish: desacierto — inaccurate statement
  • Spanish: desatino — inaccurate statement
  • Swedish: felaktighet — inaccurate statement
  • Ukrainian: неточність (netočnistʹ) — inaccurate statement
  • Bulgarian: грешка (greška) — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不準確 /不准确 (bù zhǔnquè) — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不精確性 /不精确性 (bùjīngquèxìng) — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Dutch: onnauwkeurigheid — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Finnish: epätarkkuus — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • German: Ungenauigkeit — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Norwegian Bokmål: unøyaktighet — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Portuguese: imprecisão — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Russian: нето́чность (netóčnostʹ) — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision
  • Russian: погре́шность (pogréšnostʹ) — incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision