misextrapolate

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ extrapolate

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.

Related terms

• misestimate (verb), misestimation (noun)
• misproject (verb), misprojection (noun)
• misextrapolation (noun)