inaccurately
- adverb
- /ˌɪnəˈkjʊrətli/
- China's strategic value is inaccurately perceived as having greatly diminished following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- inaccurately portray
- inaccurately describe
- inaccurately labeled
So we could loosely, although inaccurately, translate that concept as saying you've got to do R&D;.
- So we could loosely, although inaccurately, translate that concept as saying you've got to do R&D;.
- But the the evidence that the guy used was that the Julian calendar added days inaccurately.
- Tommy inaccurately believed that having been the participant in some of these hard ways made me an expert in giving them, which I was not.
- Do you feel like you are getting painted inaccurately by these two?
Examples
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Unfortunately, because the article inaccurately presents documentary evidence, it raises questions about the validity of its conclusions.
Academic text (1994) -
We must not generalize about at-risk students, inaccurately or inappropriately assigning labels based on preconceived perceptions and judgments.
Academic text (2004) -
Master Atari, whose death, I think we can say, appears to have been inaccurately reported, has asked to read a statement to the General Assembly.
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Tommy inaccurately believed that having been the participant in some of these hard ways made me an expert in giving them, which I was not.
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Mind you, when I translated inaccurately, it was not out of carelessness or spite.
Fiction book (1994) -
The work has been heavily restored on multiple occasions, often inaccurately, since its discovery sometime in the sixteenth or early seventeenth century.
Academic text (2012) -
But the use of names that inaccurately reflect evolutionary relationships undercuts one of the goals of taxonomy, Cantino noted.
Academic text (1998) -
The Taiwan Straits crises of the 1950s convincingly demonstrated how inaccurately expectations were being calculated on all sides.
Academic text (1991) -
The report inaccurately reflected the company's profits for last year.
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Her claims about the competition were inaccurately communicated during the meeting.
Synonyms
In a way that is not correct or fair
In the wrong way
In a wrong way because someone made an error
In a way that is wrong or not suitable for the situation
Not accurate or correct
In a mistaken way
Not accurate or correct
In a not exact or clear way that can cause mistakes
In a way that is not exact or precise
In a wrong or broken way
Antonyms
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
inaccurately = inaccurate (transparent) = in + accurate + ly
This is a standard adverb formation from the adjective 'inaccurate' with the suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Inaccurately is made of the prefix in- meaning 'not' and accurate, a word that comes from a root meaning 'done with care'. So to do something inaccurately is to do it 'not carefully', which is why it means 'not correct' or 'not precise'.