inaccurately

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈækjɚətli/ UK /ɪnˈækjərətli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a way that is not correct or precise

The report inaccurately stated the date of the meeting.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a way that is not... incorrectly wronglyimpreciselyerroneously mistakenly falsely

Opposites

accurately correctly precisely

Word family

Related forms inaccurate accurate inaccuracy

Etymology

From inaccurate (from in- 'not' + accurate, from Latin accuratus 'done with care', past participle of accurare 'to take care of', from ad- + cura 'care') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

accuratus Latin cura Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# inaccurately

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈækjɚətli/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈækjərətli/

## Meanings
1. in a way that is not correct or precise

## Examples
- The report inaccurately stated the date of the meeting.

## Synonyms
- incorrectly
- wrongly
- imprecisely
- erroneously
- mistakenly
- falsely

## Antonyms
- accurately
- correctly
- precisely

## Related Forms
- inaccurate
- accurate
- inaccuracy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: accuratus
- Root: cura

## Etymology
From inaccurate (from in- 'not' + accurate, from Latin accuratus 'done with care', past participle of accurare 'to take care of', from ad- + cura 'care') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
inaccurately comes from inaccurate (from in- 'not' + accurate, from Latin accuratus 'done with care', past participle of accurare 'to take care of', from ad- + cura 'care') + the adverbial suffix -ly. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adverb sense is "in a way that is not correct or precise", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as inaccurate, accurate, and inaccuracy. Its semantic neighborhood includes incorrectly, wrongly, imprecisely, and erroneously, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin accuratus and Latin cura.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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