ballparkish

English

Etymology

ballpark +‎ -ish

Adjective

ballparkish (comparative more ballparkish, superlative most ballparkish)

1. Being or relating to a ballpark figure, or rough estimate.
   • 1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways, Means. Subcommittee on Oversight, Medicare Administrative Costs: Hearings, page 43:

     "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 […]

   • 1981, The Rand Paper Series:

     While Who Gets Ahead? concludes that, broadly speaking, the range of estimates is ballparkish, the game is being played in a reasonably large stadium.

   • 2008, Robert Mayer, How to Win Any Negotiation, page 157:

     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.