ballpark estimates
Numbers, not exact
Ballpark estimates are rough approximations rather than precise figures, close enough to be useful for planning or comparison.
The term comes from baseball—if a guess lands somewhere in the ballpark, it's in the right general area: Give me a ballpark estimate of what this will cost.
Also appears as a verb: Can you ballpark the timeline for me?
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- shooting from the hipActing without deliberation
- roughUneven in surface
surmise · heuristic · inexact · approximation · in the neighborhood · give or take · handwave · broad strokes · swags · budgeting · spitballing · back-of-envelope · forecasting · imprecise · margin · rule of thumb · napkin math · feasibility
precision
ballpark estimatespinpoint accuracy
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