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- Dictionarymisjudgement/mɪsˈdʒʌdʒm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the action of forming a wrong opinion or conclusion about something: "they apologised for the mistake and the misjudgement of staff"
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MISJUDGMENT definition: 1. an unfair or wrong opinion about someone or something: 2. a wrong guess about an amount or…. Learn more.
misjudgement. noun. /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ (also misjudgment) [countable, uncountable] the act of forming a wrong opinion about somebody/something, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly. The government made a serious misjudgment in its reaction to the crisis. Topics Opinion and argument c2. Want to learn more?
(Definition of misjudgment from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
an unfair or wrong opinion about someone or something: Their decision to sell the house was a disastrous misjudgment. He is accused of making serious misjudgments and arriving at key decisions without adequate consultation. a wrong guess about an amount or distance: I made a serious misjudgment of the ages of the children.
A misjudgment is an incorrect idea or opinion that is formed about someone or something, especially when a wrong decision is made as a result of this. ...a misjudgment in British foreign policy which had far-reaching consequences. Many accidents were due to pilot misjudgement. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
: to have an unjust opinion of. misjudgment. ˌmis-ˈjəj-mənt. noun. Synonyms. miscalculate. misconceive. misdeem. misestimate. misgauge. mismeasure. mistake. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of misjudge in a Sentence. I can see that I've completely misjudged you. I apologize.
A misjudgment is an incorrect idea or opinion that is formed about someone or something, especially when a wrong decision is made as a result of this. ...a misjudgment in foreign policy which had far-reaching consequences. Many accidents were due to pilot misjudgment. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
to judge or form an opinion incorrectly or unjustly: If I misjudged you, I'm sorry. mis•judg•ment, n. [ countable * uncountable] See -jud-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023. mis•judge (mis juj′ ), v.t., v.i., -judged, -judg•ing. to judge, estimate, or value wrongly or unjustly. mis - 1 + judge 1525–35.
misjudge. (mɪsdʒʌdʒ ) Word forms: misjudges , misjudging , misjudged. verb. If you say that someone has misjudged a person or situation, you mean that they have formed an incorrect idea or opinion about them, and often that they have made a wrong decision as a result of this.
verb. /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ [transitive, intransitive] Verb Forms. misjudge somebody/something | misjudge how, what, etc… to form a wrong opinion about a person or situation, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly. She now realizes that she misjudged him.
