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❌ A wrong decision ⚖️ A wrong verdict
misjudgment

misjudgment

3.9
A wrong ruling by a judge or court
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : error judicial

Examples

  • It was a big misjudgment by the head judge.

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  • It was not misjudgment on their part," said state Attorney General Linda Kelly.

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  • The jury's misjudgment of the evidence led to an unfair verdict.

  • His misjudgment in sentencing the defendant resulted in public outrage.

  • The court acknowledged its misjudgment in the case and agreed to a retrial.

Synonyms

false verdict
vsmisjudgment
6.7

A decision by a jury or judge that is not supported by the facts

is any incorrect legal decision rather than one shown to lack evidence

How Wrong

misjudgment
  • Jargon
3.9
ruling
  • Formal
430 4.9
decision
270 1.0

Surface Forms

misjudgment singular
misjudgments plural

Morphology

misjudgment = judgment (transparent) = mis + judge + ment

The legal sense is formed by the same productive prefixing pattern (mis- + judgment) and remains directly inferable.

Etymology

Misjudgment comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and judgment meaning 'a judge's decision'. So a misjudgment is a wrong ruling or verdict by a court or judge.