guesstimate
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- (noun) GUESS-tim-it
- (verb) guess-tim-EIT
- Rhymes: -eɪt
[edit] Noun
guesstimate (plural guesstimates)
- (informal) An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
[edit] Translations
estimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
[edit] Verb
guesstimate (third-person singular simple present guesstimates, present participle guesstimating, simple past and past participle guesstimated)
- (intransitive) To make a guesstimate.
- (transitive) To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.