INACCURACY Synonyms

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• an imperfection in an object or machine

• the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)

• responsibility for a bad situation or event

• (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)

• put or pin the blame on

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• an understanding of something that is not correct

• part of a statement that is not correct

• identify incorrectly

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

• an embarrassing mistake

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• utter impulsively

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

• a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

• an imperfection in an object or machine

• defect or weakness in a person's character

• an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

• add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

• a socially awkward or tactless act

• a mistake in calculating

• a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)

• an ungrammatical constituent

• putting the wrong interpretation on

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• putting the wrong interpretation on

• an understanding of something that is not correct

• a confused multitude of things

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• make into a puddle

• mix up or confuse

• an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

• management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

• a mistake resulting from inattention

• a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

• the quality of lacking precision

• lack of conformity to social expectations

• the quality of not conforming to fact or truth