wrong assumptions
Mistaken starting beliefs
Wrong assumptions are beliefs taken as true that turn out to be false, especially when they form the basis for decisions or reasoning.
The phrase emphasizes that the error lies not in logic but in the premises: The whole project was built on wrong assumptions about customer demand.
Often used in post-mortems to explain failures: We operated under the wrong assumptions from the start.
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- fallacyError in reasoning
- errorFault in communication
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- flawedHaving faults or imperfections
mistaken · faulty · presumption · misjudgment · missing the point · blindspot · leap · hasty · snap judgment · unfounded · baseless · prejudice · stereotype · misread · jumping to conclusions · overconfident · hubris · jumping
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- thinking errorsad hominem, straw man, slippery slope, confirmation bias, sunk cost fallacy
- analysis errorsoverfitting, underfitting, extrapolation, cherry picking, selection bias
- Shakespeare comedymistaken identity, comic relief, dramatic irony, Falstaff, Malvolio
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
wrong, wrongs, wronged, wronging, wrongly, wrongful, wrongfully, wrongness, wrongdoing