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# inaccuracy

«inaccuracy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A mistake or wrong fact in something said, written or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (inaccuracy, inaccuracies; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mistake or wrong fact in something said, written or measured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#m1)

2) Not being exact or correct; the amount by which a measurement is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science, inaccuracy in measurement comes from rough tools or careless reading; pupils repeat measurements to reduce it. In history and media lessons, they look for inaccuracies in sources and news. Phrases: an inaccuracy in, full of inaccuracies, measurement inaccuracy.

### examples

- The teacher found three inaccuracies in my history report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#x1)
- The old map was full of inaccuracies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#x2)
- We repeated the experiment to reduce inaccuracy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#x3)
- The film had many historical inaccuracies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#x4)
- The inaccuracy of the cheap scale was about ten grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#x5)
- Check facts carefully to avoid inaccuracies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/#x6)

### note

Countable for each mistake («inaccuracies»), uncountable for the general quality. Adjective «inaccurate»; opposite «accuracy». In maths, inaccuracy can be measured as the difference between your answer and the true value.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inaccuracy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaccuracy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.