pessimistic assumption

collocation in English

meaningsofpessimisticandassumption

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pessimistic
adjective
uk
/ˌpes.ɪˈmɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌpes.əˈmɪs.tɪk/
thinking that bad things are more likely to happen or emphasizing the bad part of ...
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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 ofpessimisticandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even on the mostpessimisticassumptionthese estimates are very much out of line with the situation as we see it to-day.
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That is a verypessimisticassumptionon which to pin a policy.
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In other words, we are making a morepessimisticassumptionthan the last five years warranted.
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Itspessimisticassumptionis that the proportions will be one third, one third and one third.
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I absolutely challenge thatpessimisticassumption.
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They obtain generally optimistic results even under pessimistic assumptions about prospects for energy-saving technologies and backstop fuels.
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He has said the rock bottom minimum, assuming all pessimistic assumptions would be 300,000.
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We support such a laudable aim, but why start off with such bogus and pessimistic assumptions?
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Even on much more pessimistic assumptions than the past year would justify, these should be well out of the way before then.
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But even on pessimistic assumptions, the project is viable in the short term and extremely attractive over time.
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Even on pessimistic assumptions about the price of oil, traffic is likely to grow by one-third by the end of the century.
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On the most optimisitc assumption about this year's spend, there will be an increase of about £50 million and on pessimistic assumptions a good deal more.
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That objection rests on the most pessimistic assumptions about either the level of competence or the rationality of the legal profession.
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The appraisal has also been subjected to stringent sensitivity tests which also made a range of pessimistic assumptions.
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He could find a difference of only £500 million for this year, even if his deliberately pessimistic assumptions were right.
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It was a totting-up of the most pessimistic assumptions in each field, making a formidable total which of course no one would accept.
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We would be back in the vicious circle that we know only too well, and the pessimistic assumptions would be only too adequately fulfilled.
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That is working on the most pessimistic assumptions.
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But even on pessimistic assumptions the project is viable in the short term, and extremely attractive over time.
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It contains a catalogue of grossly pessimistic assumptions.
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