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misextrapolate

misextrapolate verb: to extrapolate wrongly, not merely with reasonable hypotheses and projections that turn out to be incorrect but furthermore on the basis of preventably flawed assumptions.

Verb

misextrapolate (third-person singular simple present misextrapolates, present participle misextrapolating, simple past and past participle misextrapolated)

  1. To extrapolate wrongly, not merely with reasonable hypotheses and projections that turn out to be incorrect but furthermore on the basis of preventably flawed assumptions.

Forms of misextrapolate

third-person singular presentmisextrapolates
present participlemisextrapolating
past participlemisextrapolated
pastmisextrapolated

Origin of misextrapolate

From mis- + extrapolate.

Questions about misextrapolate

What does misextrapolate mean?
Misextrapolate means to extrapolate wrongly, not merely with reasonable hypotheses and projections that turn out to be incorrect but furthermore on the basis of preventably flawed assumptions.
What part of speech is misextrapolate?
Misextrapolate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misextrapolate?
The past tense of misextrapolate is misextrapolated.

Words near misextrapolate in the dictionary

  1. misexpressive
  2. misextend
  3. misextended
  4. misextending
  5. misextends
  6. misextrapolate
  7. misextrapolated
  8. misextrapolates
  9. misextrapolating
  10. misextrapolation
  11. misextrapolations

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