Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unaccurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-ac-cu-rate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not accurate; inaccurate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"So unaccurate is it […] that if examin'd with an organ more acute than that by which they were made, the more we see of their shape, the less appearance will there be of their beauty […]"
"1698, John Locke, letter to Bishop of Worcester I do by no means find fault with such figurative and common ways of speaking, in popular and ordinary Discourses, where unaccurate Thoughts allow unaccurate ways of speaking."

Etymology

From un- + accurate.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more unaccurate (comparative) most unaccurate (superlative)

Derived Forms

unaccurately unaccurateness

Questions

What does unaccurate mean?: Not accurate; inaccurate.
Where does unaccurate come from?: From un- + accurate.

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