unaccurate en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + accurate.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Not accurate; inaccurate.
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 […]
1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I: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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unaccurate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unaccurate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |