guesswork

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Noun guesswork has 1 sense

guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning - an estimate based on little or no information
--₁ is a kind of estimate, estimation, approximation, idea

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Guesswork

Part of speech: noun

Senses:

Estimation or conjecture made without sufficient evidence or knowledge.
The act or process of using one's intuition or instinct to reach a conclusion.

Sample sentences:

Her answer was merely based on guesswork, and she had no concrete evidence to support it.
The detective had to rely on guesswork to solve the mysterious case.

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