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inexactitud

inaccuracy

noun een-ehk-sahk-tee-TOOD Rare
Communication Language

Also means

inexactness

Usage Note

Inexactitud denotes a factual error or lack of precision, and is softer in register than error or mentira — politicians often use it as a face-saving term for a falsehood. Like all nouns ending in -tud, it is feminine. The adjective inexacto agrees in gender: una cifra inexacta.

Examples

"El artículo contiene varias inexactitudes."

Natural Translation

The article contains several inaccuracies.

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