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unaccurate

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ac⋅cu⋅rate

  [ak-yer-it]
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–adjective
1. free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.
2. careful or meticulous: an accurate typist.
Origin:
1605–15; < L accūrātus carefully prepared (ptp. of accūrāre), equiv. to ac- ac- + cūr(a) care + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ac⋅cu⋅rate⋅ly, adverb
ac⋅cu⋅rate⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. true, unerring. See correct.
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Word Origin & History

accurate 
1612, from L. accuratus "prepared with care, exact," pp. of accurare "take care of," from ad- "to" + curare "take care of" (see cure). The notion of doing something carefully led to that of being exact (1651).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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