presumptive

IPA: prizˈʌmptɪv

Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.

Examples of "presumptive" in Sentences

The title is clumsy and presumptive.
Edmund was actually the heir presumptive to the throne.
As you said, there was what we called a presumptive positive test on green onions about a week ago.
If false, it suggests that the Democratic nominee-presumptive is audacious about more than just hope.
Lieberman was traveling in presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's bus, the "Straight Talk Express," when it collided with a van at the intersection of 54th Street and Biscayne Boulevard.
Are we supposed to be more generously disposed to her than, say, to Kyle Sampson, her partner in presumptive illegality (whether or not, technically, "criminal misconduct"), because she's just a "girl," whereas he's a "man"?
Norquist dropped by The Times 'Washington bureau today and, as part of his negative critique of Obama's liberal stances on economic issues and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee "John Kerry with a tan."