How to Use inaccurate in a Sentence

inaccurate

adjective
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  • The fact that the school claims to be nonsectarian does not give it the right to be inaccurate.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • To be sure, Bard is far from the only chatbot to be inaccurate.
    — Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The group says that such systems can be inaccurate and lead to false arrests.
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In a statement to CNN, Jones said the details of the conversation in the claim were inaccurate.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The 90% figure, as well as the idea that third parties bear nearly the entirety of the cost, is inaccurate.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin and Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Reports that the four friends — three of whom lived at the home where their bodies were found— were tied up or gagged are inaccurate, the department added.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In a statement to Bloomberg, TikTok said the figure is inaccurate.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The way that that testing was presented to the jury was inaccurate.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Brock Purdy couldn’t grip the ball in the rain and was unusually inaccurate.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The department also warned that some of the arrival times logged may be inaccurate.
    — Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Lost or damaged goods and inaccurate records also play a part.
    — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Nagi added in a letter that some of the claims made by protesters are inaccurate.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Tweets with hateful and inaccurate content have spiked since Musk’s takeover, researchers claimed to Bloomberg last week.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • Or worse yet, the financial statements are inaccurate or do not come on time.
    — Anthony A. Luna, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • All three audience members said that Musk’s tweet was inaccurate and that the booing drowned out the cheering.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The company employs thousands of workers in the US, and its claims are inaccurate, in my opinion.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Worse, the statute authorizes Ms. James to bring a civil-fraud suit for inaccurate statements discovered in the process.
    — Philip Hamburger, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Moreno said the posts are inaccurate and misconstrue the nature of the urban planning framework.
    — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The move comes after Bing offered an array of inaccurate and at times bizarre responses to some users.
    — Lora Kelley, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Though the numbers were not great and a number of footballs were inaccurate, Watson seemed to be in complete control of himself and the offense.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But the measure failed to advance amid criticism that the tests are inaccurate and based on shoddy science.
    — Dan Adams, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • There have certainly been some inaccurate throws, which begs the question of whether or not Prescott’s thumb on his throwing hand is an issue.
    — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Seattle picked up one first down on the drive, but Smith has been inaccurate — he’s completed only 2 of 6 passes so far.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Peters was a senior member of Feuer’s team when the DWP rolled out a new system that sent inaccurate bills to hundreds of thousands of customers.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • The source of the quotation was inaccurate in Tuesday editions.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Your right to correct inaccurate info is codified in all of these states as well, except for Utah.
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
  • But Mayor Samantha Kaag said that number was inaccurate and two had been killed.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • That sounds a lot like a shinier version of a polygraph, which is pretty widely understood to be inaccurate.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The adult plaintiff found multiple instances in which providers were listed with inaccurate telephone numbers, did not practice in the specialties listed or did not accept her Anthem insurance.
    — Tina Reed, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
  • This rule also strengthens protections by accelerating a shift away from that practice — which risks inaccurate data sharing and the spread of login credentials, according to Chopra.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024

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