misjudgment
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3.6
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
- US
:
error de juicio
- Who could've made such a misjudgment?
And then some were failures of misjudgment about other people or situations.
- And then some were failures of misjudgment about other people or situations.
- So that was a major misjudgment.
- I read a book called Influence by Robert Cialdini, which kind of, it's kind of a broad overview of all of the most common causes of human misjudgment.
- So that was a major misjudgement.
- And, and so, you know, all of us who have external success have had failures, misjudgments.
- If everything is going your way, you can afford to make mistakes, misjudgments, you know, because everything is kind of going your way.
Examples
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Her misjudgment about the project's requirements led to significant delays.
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It was a serious misjudgment to condone it, an embarrassment to all of us.
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I may be making a total misjudgment. What can we do?
Fiction book (1990) -
How could I have made such a misjudgment?
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And then some were failures of misjudgment about other people or situations.
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He has made misjudgment after misjudgment on every single question.
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- I hope you will forgive us for our misjudgments.
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Due to some misjudgment of select attendees, it is unfortunate that certain incidents took place.
Blog text (10) -
Without proper information, cultural incompatibilities can lead to misjudgments.
Academic text (1996) -
The conflict between civil and military authorities in colonial Georgia was the result of a series of all-too-human misjudgments and errors.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
306
1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
243
1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
12
6.8
A wrong idea about something
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6.0
A wrong understanding of something that leads to wrong conclusions
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8.3
A wrong description that makes a person or event seem bad
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7.5
A wrong idea about what something means
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2.8
A careless, foolish error that causes problems
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5.6
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
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7.5
A wrong idea someone has about something
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8.3
A wrong idea about what someone said or meant
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6.5
A belief based on false information
A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said
A wrong idea about what someone says or does
A failure to understand something correctly
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
Antonyms
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misjudgment comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and judge meaning 'to form an opinion or decide'. So a misjudgment is a wrong decision or opinion about someone or something.