Guesswork
['geswɜːk] or ['ɡɛswɝk]
Definition
(n.) Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- Why, as to _that_, my good friend, till I and my company have really acted there must be some guesswork; but I mean no disparagement to Julia. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In its honorable sense, knowledge is distinguished from opinion, guesswork, speculation, and mere tradition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But that is all guesswork. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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