inaccuracy

Word family  noun accuracy ≠ inaccuracy adjective accurate ≠ inaccurate adverb accurately ≠ inaccurately

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·ac·cu·ra·cy /ɪnˈækjərəsi/ AWL noun (plural inaccuracies)  1  [countable]WRONG/INCORRECT a statement that is not completely correct 不准确的说法；错误，差错 Jansen’s review contained several inaccuracies. 詹森的评论有几处不准确。► see thesaurus at mistake2  [uncountable]WRONG/INCORRECT a lack of correctness 不准确 As a journalist, you simply cannot tolerate inaccuracy. 身为一名记者是决不能容忍报道失实的。

Examples from the Corpus

inaccuracy• Rule-based computers are limited in their ability to accommodate inaccuracies or fuzzy information.• Any inaccuracy in weekly measurements and subsequent payments to subcontractors will be translated directly into both the financial and cost accounts.• The system is therefore liable to suffer from inaccuracies of the type discussed above.• This was the last opportunity for major inaccuracies to be corrected.• It is not necessary either to agree with these or to point out inaccuracies.• In practice, rounding-off errors soon produces inaccuracies which re-introduce small proportions of x1, which tend to grow relatively rapidly.• The ad contained several inaccuracies regarding the computer.• the inaccuracy of a weather forecast

in·ac·cu·ra·cy nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus is a not completely that statement correct

inaccuracy
in‧ac‧cu‧ra‧cy AC /ɪnˈækjərəsi, ɪnˈækjʊrəsi/ noun (plural inaccuracies)1. [countable] a statement that is not completely correct:
    Jansen’s review contained several inaccuracies.
2. [uncountable] a lack of correctness:
    As a journalist, you simply cannot tolerate inaccuracy.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ mistake something incorrect that you accidentally do, say, or write: a spelling mistake | I made a mistake – it should say £230, not £320.
   ▪ error formal a mistake: an error in the report | grammatical errors | He had made a serious error on his tax form.
   ▪ misprint a small mistake in something that is printed: There was a misprint in the article, and instead of ‘pleasant’ it said ‘pheasant’.
   ▪ typo informal a mistake in something that has been typed or printed: I spotted a couple of typos in the letter.
   ▪ inaccuracy formal a piece of information that is not completely correct: The report contained several inaccuracies.
   ▪ mix-up a careless mistake in which one name, time, address etc has been confused with another, so that the details of something are wrong: There was a mix-up over the train times and I missed my train.
   ▪ slip-up a careless mistake when you are doing something: The other team took advantage of the goalie’s slip-up.
   ▪ oversight a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: Through some oversight, the brochures were not ready by the right date.
   ▪ a slip of the tongue a mistake in which you accidentally say a similar sounding word: When I said Thursday, I meant Tuesday. It was a slip of the tongue.
   ▪ faux pas /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː, ˈfəʊ pɑː $ ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː/ formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation, when you do or say something that you shouldn’t: Harris, trying to be funny, addressed the waiter as ‘boy’. A deathly silence followed this faux pas.