inaccurate picture

collocation in English

meaningsofinaccurateandpicture

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inaccurate
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈæk.jə.rət/us
/ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ət/
not completely correct or exact, or not able to do something correctly ...
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picture
noun
uk
/ˈpɪk.tʃər/us
/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
a drawing, painting, ...
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(Definition ofinaccurateandpicturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He accuses cultural historians - some named, others anonymous - of selecting texts which depict an under-nuanced and henceinaccuratepictureof the past.
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However, estimates based on small amounts of data can provide a veryinaccuratepictureof the pattern of acquisition.
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The placement of traps (or collection of hosts) on the edge, or outside, of a species' microhabitat will present aninaccuratepictureof the species' ecology.
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Dworkin then contends that these legal positivist commitments yield a grosslyinaccuratepictureof what legal argument and disagreement is like.
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I believe that the report paints aninaccuratepictureof rural well-being.
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Everyone in our partner countries has laughed out loud at such aninaccuratepicture.
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It would give aninaccuratepictureif we excluded kitchens and sculleries which are not used for meals.
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This was a completelyinaccuratepictureof what was happening at the count.
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It ill becomes one in his comfortable position to present such aninaccuratepictureof northern workers.
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That is a quiteinaccuratepictureof the situation.
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The sensational reporting of student unrest has created a most unfortunate andinaccuratepictureof our student community.
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I think that possibly he painted a slightlyinaccuratepicture.
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That gives nurseries time to prepare for the inspection which, inevitably, results in aninaccuratepictureof the everyday running of the nursery.
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This gives a distorted andinaccuratepicture.
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However, this perforce yields aninaccuratepictureand therefore in my view does not contribute to guarding against future dangers.
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Isospin, although conveying aninaccuratepictureof things, is still used to classify hadrons, leading to unnatural and often confusing nomenclature.
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Identifying a culture as collectivistic or individualistic can provide a stable as well asinaccuratepictureof what is really taking place.
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Though stacking the data without the migration corrections yields a somewhatinaccuratepictureof the subsurface, migration is preferred for better most imaging recorder to drill and maintain oilfields.
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However, nearly all of these studies have relied solely on culture-based methods, which may provide aninaccuratepictureof what the most abundant or important nitrogen-fixers actually are.
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