false assumption

Examples (10)

• The entire marketing strategy was built on the false assumption that customers prioritize price over quality.
• Detectives wasted weeks pursuing the wrong lead, all because of a false assumption about the suspect's alibi.
• I apologized after realizing my anger stemmed from a false assumption about her motives.
• Many early scientific theories were later discarded once their underlying false assumptions were exposed.
• Your argument collapses because it rests on the false assumption that correlation implies causation.
• If we start with the false assumption that the project is fully funded, we will inevitably run into financial trouble.
• It was a commonly held but false assumption that the Earth was the center of the universe.
• Are you sure you're not operating under a false assumption about what the client wants?
• Challenging the false assumption that all students learn in the same way is the first step toward educational reform.
• We must avoid making any false assumptions before all the data has been analyzed.