misextrapolate
English
editEtymology
editmis- + extrapolate
Verb
editmisextrapolate (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)