unrealistic assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunrealisticandassumption
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unrealistic
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.rɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌʌn.riː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
having a wrong idea of what is likely to happen or of what you can really do; not based ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofunrealisticandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this result is affected by theunrealisticassumptionof complete screening coverage.
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Intentional honesty is therefore anunrealisticassumptionfor receivers to make.
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This is anunrealisticassumptionin domains such as interactive fault diagnosis, where it is natural for users to provide only a brief initial description of the problem.
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He is dealing in anunrealisticassumptionabout the appropriate framework for the future of local government and of public-private partnerships.
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That is a totallyunrealisticassumption, and it means that the social security projections in the documents are already unrealistically low.
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There is no evidence whatever for that and it is anunrealisticassumptionto make.
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If the exercise was cancelled and no substitute whatever arranged—anunrealisticassumption—the saving would be about £2½ million.
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They are based on anunrealisticassumption, and they are aimed purposely at causing more confusion and uncertainty.
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To have assumed and taken into account that one could have got even bigger cuts would have meant making a prettyunrealisticassumption.
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I am not prepared to answer a hypothetical question based on a whollyunrealisticassumption.
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For example, it may have become anunrealisticassumptionthat a pipeline will be used only for the owner's own field.
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It is unrealistic, and it is anunrealisticassumptionon inflation.
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I think, therefore, that that is now, whatever may have been thought previously, anunrealisticassumption.
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This broad estimate is theoretical because it is based on the totallyunrealisticassumptionof instantaneous adjustments of benefits.
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Is not this a veryunrealisticassumption?
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The scare stories about the completion of the single market which have been quoted are based on anunrealisticassumptionabout legal personal imports and smuggling.
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That is not anunrealisticassumption.
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In practice, that amounts to something like 21.6 seconds for the consideration of each amendment if there are no votes, which is, of course, anunrealisticassumption.
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That is anunrealisticassumption.
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