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ballparkish

adj

Etymology

From ballpark + -ish.

  1. derived from *parruk✻ — “enclosure, pen, fence”
  2. derived from parcus
  3. derived from parc — “livestock pen”
  4. inherited from park
  5. compounded as ballpark — “ball + park”
  6. suffixed as ballparkish — “ballpark + ish”

Definitions

  1. Being or relating to a ballpark figure, or rough estimate.

    • "I would admit that that figure — let's say it's a ballparkish kind of figure," he said. "We could have saved even more if they asked even more money and we didn't even give it to them […]
    • While Who Gets Ahead? concludes that, broadly speaking, the range of estimates is ballparkish, the game is being played in a reasonably large stadium.
    • They sound like what they probably are—ballparkish and high. Because odd amounts sound less susceptible, more real, and more like the result of considered deliberation, people are less inclined to negotiate any changes.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA