misextrapolate
English edit
Etymology edit
mis- + extrapolate
Verb edit
misextrapolate (third-person singular simple present misextrapolates, present participle misextrapolating, simple past and past participle misextrapolated)
- 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.
Related terms edit
- misestimate (verb), misestimation (noun)
- misproject (verb), misprojection (noun)
- misextrapolation (noun)