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ballparkish

ballparkish adjective: being or relating to a ballpark figure, or rough estimate.

Adjective

ballparkish (comparative more ballparkish, superlative most ballparkish)

  1. Being or relating to a ballpark figure, or rough estimate.
    • "I would admit that that figure — let's say it's a ballparkish kind of figure," he said. "We could have saved even more if they asked even more money and we didn't even give it to them […]1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways, Means. Subcommittee on Oversight, Medicare Administrative Costs: Hearings, page 43
    • While Who Gets Ahead? concludes that, broadly speaking, the range of estimates is ballparkish, the game is being played in a reasonably large stadium.1981, The Rand Paper Series

Forms of ballparkish

comparativemore ballparkish
superlativemost ballparkish

Origin of ballparkish

From ballpark + -ish.

Questions about ballparkish

What does ballparkish mean?
Ballparkish means being or relating to a ballpark figure, or rough estimate.
What part of speech is ballparkish?
Ballparkish is an adjective.

Words near ballparkish in the dictionary

  1. ballpark figures
  2. ballpark frank
  3. ballpark franks
  4. ballparked
  5. ballparking
  6. ballparkish
  7. ballparks
  8. ballpen
  9. ballpens
  10. ballpit
  11. ballpits

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