Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.

    Ungenauigkeit, Ungenauigkeit

    нето́чностьnetóčnostʹ

    неточністьnetočnistʹ

  2. (countable)A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.

  3. (uncountable)Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.

    Ungenauigkeit

    нето́чностьnetóčnostʹ, погре́шностьpogréšnostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)A move that is considered suboptimal, but not as bad as a mistake or blunder.

More definitions
  • the quality of being inaccurate and having errors

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The arguments used by the government to justify these policies are illogical and full of factual inaccuracies.

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  2. There are a number of methodological problems here, not to mention the inaccuracy of some of the results.

    ruЗдесь есть ряд методологических проблем, не говоря уже о неточности некоторых результатов.

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  3. Christopher Columbus abhorred historical inaccuracies.

    ruХристофор Колумб терпеть не мог исторические неточности.

    deChristoph Kolumbus verabscheute historische Ungenauigkeiten.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
inaccurate statement:
Русский
By meaning 2
lack of accuracy:
incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lack of accuracy:

Origin

Morphologically in- + accuracy.

Morphologically in- + accuracy.

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