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100 Words to Use Instead of “Inaccurate”

February 19, 2026

100 Words to Use Instead of

No. Term Definition
1. Aberrant Deviating from the norm.
2. Adulterated Tainted; not pure or true.
3. Approximate Close but not exact.
4. Askew Not straight; out of alignment.
5. Astray Off course; misguided.
6. Awry Gone wrong; not as intended.
7. Badly stated Expressed poorly; unclear or wrong.
8. Barely accurate Only slightly correct.
9. Blemished Marred; flawed in quality.
10. Botched Done badly; bungled.
11. Careless Showing little attention to detail.
12. Confused Mixed up; lacking clarity.
13. Contradictory Inconsistent with itself.
14. Corrupt Dishonest; altered from original.
15. Crude Rough; lacking precision.
16. Defective Having a fault; not working properly.
17. Deformed Misshapen; not in proper form.
18. Deviant Departing from accepted standards.
19. Distorted Twisted out of true shape.
20. Doubtful Uncertain; not reliable.
21. Dubious Questionable; not to be trusted.
22. Egregious Outstandingly bad or wrong.
23. Errant Straying from what is correct.
24. Erroneous Containing an error.
25. Exaggerated Overstated beyond the facts.
26. Fallacious Based on a mistaken belief.
27. Faulty Having defects or errors.
28. Flawed Imperfect; containing mistakes.
29. Fuzzy Vague; lacking sharp definition.
30. Garbling Jumbled; made unclear.
31. Glitched Affected by a minor malfunction.
32. Goofy Silly; not serious or exact.
33. Groundless Without factual basis.
34. Haphazard Random; lacking careful planning.
35. Hazy Unclear; indistinct.
36. Imperfect Not complete or faultless.
37. Imprecise Not exact; lacking precision.
38. Inconsistent Not uniform; self-contradicting.
39. Incorrect Not right; mistaken.
40. Indefinite Not clearly defined.
41. Inexact Not accurate; approximate.
42. Invalid Not sound; not legally or logically valid.
43. Jumbled Mixed up; disordered.
44. Jury-rigged Improvised; not properly made.
45. Loose Not strict; lacking exactness.
46. Lopsided Uneven; unbalanced.
47. Malformed Not formed correctly.
48. Marred Spoiled; damaged in quality.
49. Miscalculated Computed wrongly.
50. Misinformed Based on wrong information.
51. Misleading Likely to cause wrong conclusions.
52. Misquoted Quoted incorrectly.
53. Misread Read or interpreted wrongly.
54. Misstated Stated incorrectly.
55. Mistaken Wrong; in error.
56. Miswritten Written wrongly.
57. Muddled Confused; not clearly expressed.
58. Murky Dark or unclear; hard to see.
59. Off Slightly wrong; not quite right.
60. Off-base Incorrect; not relevant.
61. Off-kilter Not in proper position.
62. Off-target Missing the intended mark.
63. Omission-prone Likely to leave things out.
64. Overstated Stated too strongly.
65. Patchy Irregular; inconsistent in quality.
66. Perfunctory Done with little care.
67. Plausible but wrong Seems right, yet incorrect.
68. Poorly supported Lacking evidence or backing.
69. Questionable Doubtful; open to suspicion.
70. Ragged Rough; uneven; not smooth.
71. Reckless Careless of consequences or accuracy.
72. Riddled with errors Containing many mistakes.
73. Rough Not refined; lacking exactness.
74. Roundabout Indirect; not straightforward.
75. Scattered Not organized; spread out.
76. Scrambled Mixed; disordered; confused.
77. Shaky Unstable; not dependable.
78. Shoddy Poorly made; careless.
79. Sketchy Incomplete; lacking detail.
80. Slanted Biased; not neutral.
81. Slightly wrong Not fully correct.
82. Slipshod Carelessly done; sloppy.
83. Sloppy Messy; lacking care.
84. Spurious Not genuine; falsely presented.
85. Strained Forced; not natural or sound.
86. Subjective Based on opinion, not facts.
87. Suspect Not trustworthy; questionable.
88. Tainted Contaminated; compromised.
89. Tangled Complicated; confused.
90. Tenuous Weak; lacking solid support.
91. Truncated Cut short; incomplete.
92. Twisted Distorted; altered from true.
93. Unclear Not easy to understand.
94. Unconvincing Not persuasive or credible.
95. Unfounded Without evidence; baseless.
96. Unreliable Not dependable or consistent.
97. Unsound Not valid; flawed in reasoning.
98. Untrue Not in accordance with facts.
99. Vague Not clearly expressed.
100. Warped Bent out of true shape.
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