as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
an unfortunate inaccuracy in the report
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Recent Examples of inaccuracy
When a tweet is flagged for misinformation or lack of context, users can submit notes that provide additional information or correct inaccuracies.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
That can lead to funny results when asking it to come up with a cake recipe, but those same inaccuracies can prove dangerous when someone uses them to self-medicate.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
His plan is for Meta to copy X's Community Notes approach, which lets users flag other users' posts for inaccuracies.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
This story was updated to add new information, correct an inaccuracy, add a photo and a video.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
That can lead to funny results when asking it to come up with a cake recipe, but those same inaccuracies can prove dangerous when someone uses them to self-medicate.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
His plan is for Meta to copy X's Community Notes approach, which lets users flag other users' posts for inaccuracies.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
This story was updated to add new information, correct an inaccuracy, add a photo and a video.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaccuracy
Noun
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Daniel Weiner, the director of government and elections at the Brennan Center for Justice, said the legal deadlines were set in part so that there would be time to make revisions before the Electoral Votes were cast in the event of a mistake or legal challenge.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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That portrays the Court as an institution that has made historic mistakes on citizenship and need not be trusted as the sole authority on the meaning of the Constitution.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The blunder occurred during the triple toss-up round on Thursday, January 16.—
Aaron Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Scientists have long known that DNA-copying systems make the occasional blunder—that’s how cancers often start—but only in recent years has technology been sensitive enough to catalog every genetic booboo.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Inaccuracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaccuracy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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