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Guesswork is defined as the act of predicting or estimating.

(noun)

An example of guesswork is trying to figure out a mystery without complete clues and evidence.

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See guesswork in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the act of guessing
  2. a judgment, result, etc. arrived at by guessing

See guesswork in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The process of making guesses.
  2. An estimate or judgment made by guessing.

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