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Definition of "guesstimate" []

  • Informal An estimate based on conjecture. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "guesstimate" in a sentence
  • "My guesstimate is that they have not and in fact, have a higher standard of living than their "counterparts" (isn't that term entirely relative and even artificial?) 10, 20 and 30 years ago did."
  • "My guesstimate is that half of the officially unemployed have been out of work for over a year."
  • "My best guesstimate is that Kasten wasn’t brought here to build the Washington Braves."