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Lack of accuracy
Answer for the clue "Lack of accuracy ", 12 letters:
inexactitude
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inexactitude \In`ex*act"i*tude\, n. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude. Something inexact; an instance of an inexact statement, measurement, etc.; as, in two minutes the senator has produced a dozen inexactitudes.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1786, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + exactitude .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A lack of exactness; something inexact or imprecise
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being inaccurate and having errors [syn: inexactness ] [ant: exactness ]
Usage examples of inexactitude.
Casanova's allusions to well known people, showing the perfect exactitude of all but six or seven, and out of these six or seven inexactitudes ascribing only a single one to the author's intention.
Robots, she believed, should be slaves, ideal servants, with only enough self-direction to interpret the inexactitudes of human commands and possibly anticipate human desires.
There are so many inexactitudes that one'll probably cancel out another.