armchairing

Verb

armchair (third-person singular simple present armchairs, present participle armchairing, simple past and past participle armchaired)

1. To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.
   • Research for program's subject matter is like mining gold. The more raw material we have, the more likely we are going to find gold nuggets. But this step is often overlooked and a program is "armchaired" from the office of the vice-president or vice-president of sales.1966, Sales Management - Volume 97, Issues 8-14, page 31
2. To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.
   • In past years, we administered this questionnaire and gave the results to the president who sat at a conference table with top management and armchaired some answers.1968, Daniel C. Pfannstiel, Barbara H. Matthews, Cooperative extension organization and administration

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