misextrapolate
English
Etymology
mis- + extrapolate
Verb
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
- misestimate (verb), misestimation (noun)
- misproject (verb), misprojection (noun)
- misextrapolation (noun)
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