unreasonable assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunreasonableandassumption
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unreasonable
adjective
uk/ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us/ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
not fair ...
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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 ofunreasonableandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is not anunreasonableassumptiongiven the extent of the labor traded in the sampled villages.
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This is not anunreasonableassumption, as fishing gear will be placed in the most favourable locations first.
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I do not think that was anunreasonableassumptionto make at that time.
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I hope that that was not anunreasonableassumptionto make.
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That seems to me a notunreasonableassumptionon our part.
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If it is anunreasonableassumption, that does not alter the fact that it is an assumption made by a good many people.
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That is not anunreasonableassumption.
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It is not anunreasonableassumption.
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They may unwittingly sell an animal on the notunreasonableassumptionthat it will be subsequently sold by the dealer to someone who will lavish the same affection on it.
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The first concern would prove correct; the second would be proven wrong, though given the widespread parallel development of the cavity magnetron, in hindsight it was not anunreasonableassumption.
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She is doing this on the basis of inadequate information, inconclusive conclusions, and unreasonable assumptions, and she is even stooping to using false figures.
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Particularly, will he look at some evidence which exists that people go overseas on unreasonable assumptions about the standard of living which they will get and so on?
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