flawed assumption

collocation in English

meaningsofflawedandassumption

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flawed
adjective
uk
/flɔːd/us
/flɑːd/
not perfect, or ...
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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 offlawedandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflawed assumption

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Since meaningful disagreement about law indisputably occurs, it follows, on thisflawedassumption, that legal practitioners follow the same criteria for deciding when a claim about the law is sound.
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It is aflawedassumptionthat the current system is flexible enough.
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The housing forecasts are based on exactly the sameflawedassumption: that whatever happened in the past is bound to repeat itself in the future.
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The amendments are built on theflawedassumptionthat a premises licence could not be obtained in advance of premises being constructed.
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That again is aflawedassumption.
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But the possiblyflawedassumptionhere is when we say that highly visible construction projects are an inevitable outcome of intelligence.
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Murray described this move as very unprofessional, adding that it was based on theflawedassumptionthat he was personally driving the policy.
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Similarly, they argued that the inadequate provision of acute medical care to seniors is based on flawed assumptions that such care is not cost-effective.
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Primary prevention is based on flawed assumptions about behaviour change.
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The flawed assumptions about how claimants lived that left the system inflexible and unrealistic.
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