inaccurately
/ɪnˈækjərətli/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈækjərətli/ (ame, ipa)
inaccurately — adverb
1. with mistakes or differences from the real facts, measurements, or details of so
with mistakes or differences from the real facts, measurements, or details of something
The newspaper inaccurately reported that the mayor had resigned last Friday.
verb of communication + inaccurately — for false or wrong reporting
Lakshmi labelled the boxes inaccurately, so the movers delivered them to the wrong rooms.
The old kitchen scale weighs vegetables inaccurately and adds about fifty extra grams.
Many history textbooks describe the war's causes inaccurately by leaving out key economic factors.
Eitan inaccurately translated the legal document and confused two important client names.
- incorrectly
more common in everyday speech; refers to any kind of mistake, not only factual ones
- wrongly
broader; can also imply moral wrongdoing, while 'inaccurately' focuses on factual error
- imprecisely
emphasises lack of exactness rather than outright error; weaker than 'inaccurately'
- erroneously
more formal; common in legal, academic, and journalistic writing
- accurately
direct opposite — without errors and matching the real facts
- correctly
broader; covers both factual and procedural rightness
- precisely
emphasises exactness of detail or measurement
文法句型
verb + inaccurately
inaccurately + past participle
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive ('was inaccurately described / reported / measured') when assigning blame for a mistake without naming who made it. Often modifies verbs of reporting, describing, measuring, and recording rather than physical actions.