inaccurate
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“Users have always thought that weather apps are inaccurate, but they’re also incredibly untrustworthy about their experiences,” Steve Gifford, co-founder and CEO of the data-processing startup Wet Dog Weather, told me.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Though the Hewlett-Packard board found Hurd didn’t violate the company’s policy regarding sexual harassment, it determined he had submitted inaccurate expense reports to conceal the relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Of course that statement is inaccurate, because the Ramones didn’t have any hits, not in 1976 and not ever.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The authorities have said that claim is inaccurate.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Lie-detection tests are notoriously inaccurate, and calculations similar to the above demonstrate why truthful people who flunk polygraph tests usually outnumber liars.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing inaccurate
Fake It 'Til You Make It: Synonyms for "False"
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 1
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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