Basic Details
Word: Inaccurate
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Not correct or not exact; containing mistakes.
Synonyms: wrong, incorrect, imprecise, faulty
Antonyms: accurate, correct, exact, precise
How to Spell Inaccurate
Syllables: in - ac - cu - rate
Tricky part: After in- comes accurate unchanged: two c's and one r. Students often write one c, or double the n.
Watch out for: inacurate, innaccurate, inaccurrate
Memory tip: Accurate doubles only its c: a-cc-urate. Put in- in front without adding a second n, because accurate begins with a, not n.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The old map was so inaccurate that it put the river on the wrong side of the village.
Example 2: My watch has become inaccurate and now runs five minutes fast.
Example 3: The newspaper printed an apology for its inaccurate report about the school fire.
Fun Fact
Cure and accurate are cousins: both grow from the Latin cura, care, so an accurate answer is one made with care.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
innaccurate
a) a
b) r
c) n
d) c
Show answer
c) n. The prefix in- has a single n; the doubled letter belongs to the c of accurate.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word inaccurate as used in the sentence:
Our science teacher said the measurements in the report were inaccurate because the scale was broken.
a) precise
b) outdated
c) faulty
d) unclear
Show answer
a) precise. Precise measurements are exact, the reverse of inaccurate; faulty agrees with it.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The weather app's forecast was completely tacrineuac, so we got soaked on the way to school.
a) inaccurate
b) accurate
c) inadequate
d) intricate
Show answer
a) inaccurate. Ten letters with a u and two c's: intricate has no u, and accurate is two letters short.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An inaccurate clock ____.
a) is very expensive
b) shows the wrong time
c) rings too loudly
d) has a broken glass
Show answer
b) shows the wrong time
2. Which statement is inaccurate?
a) A week has seven days.
b) The sun rises in the west.
c) Water boils at 100 degrees at sea level.
d) Delhi is the capital of India.
Show answer
b) The sun rises in the west.
