to a zeroth approximation

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to a zeroth approximation - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  to a zeroth approximation
  
     <jargon> (From "to a first approximation") A *really* sloppy
     approximation; a wild guess.
  
     Compare social science number.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-12-12)
  

to a zeroth approximation - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  to a zeroth approximation
  
  
     [from to a first approximation] A really sloppy approximation; a wild
     guess. Compare social science number.