hasty generalization

Frequency: 6.89.2 per million words

a conclusion drawn from insufficient evidence

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  • That's a hasty generalization based on a single incident.
  • Claiming all politicians are corrupt based on one scandal is a classic hasty generalization.
  • Avoid making a hasty generalization from one flawed study.
  • You met one rude person from that city and now you think they're all unfriendly? That's a hasty generalization.
  • Her comment was a classic hasty generalization about teenagers.
  • In our logic class, we learned how to identify and avoid making a hasty generalization.
  • The article slips into a hasty generalization after citing a few anecdotes.
  • I realized I was making a hasty generalization about my own abilities after just one failure.
  • We can't draw a hasty generalization from such limited data.
  • The researcher was criticized for publishing a hasty generalization based on insufficient data.
  • Critics accused the report of relying on hasty generalizations.
  • The article was retracted because it was built upon a hasty generalization from a single anonymous source.
  • In class, the professor warned us against the hasty generalization fallacy.
  • Be careful not to fall into the trap of the hasty generalization when forming your opinions.
  • Don't let a bad experience lead you to a hasty generalization.
  • The argument is fundamentally flawed due to its reliance on a hasty generalization.
  • The memo’s conclusion reads like a hasty generalization rather than careful analysis.
  • If you only survey your friends, your conclusions will be a hasty generalization.
  • After two delays, he made a hasty generalization that the team was incompetent.
  • Isn't it a hasty generalization to assume the entire project will fail just because the first step was difficult?