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Inaccuracy

The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

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Inexactitude 76% connected

Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.

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Inexactness 76% connected

Incorrectness; want of exactness.

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Looseness 76% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Accuracy 94% connected

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precis…

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Accuracy 94% connected

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precis…

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Good noun · 86% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Account noun · 78% connection

a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presid…

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Accurateness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

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Chronicle noun · 78% connection

a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presid…

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Criticalness noun · 78% connection

Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.

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Curiosity noun · 78% connection

The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.

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Curiousness noun · 78% connection

The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.

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Elaborate adjective · 78% connection

Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborat…

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Exacritude noun · 78% connection

The quality of being exact; exactness.

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Exactness noun · 78% connection

The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

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Falsehood noun · 78% connection

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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History noun · 78% connection

a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presid…

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Improper adjective · 78% connection

Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.

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Impropriety noun · 78% connection

That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language.

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