misjudge

verb

mis·​judge ˌmis-ˈjəj 

misjudged; misjudging; misjudges

intransitive verb

: to be mistaken in judgment

transitive verb

1

: to estimate wrongly

I misjudged how long this would take.

2

: to have an unjust opinion of

I'm sorry that I misjudged you.

misjudgment

ˌmis-ˈjəj-mənt 

noun

Synonyms of misjudge

• misunderstand
• underestimate
• miscalculate
• mistake
• misconceive

Examples of misjudge in a Sentence

I can see that I've completely misjudged you. I apologize.

The outfielder misjudged the fly ball and it went over his head.

The pilot misjudged the landing.

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, of course, Dubas either misjudged the value of his assets or, more likely, misjudged how challenging the market would be. — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Other soaring waterfowl like cranes, pelicans and large gulls flying through high-altitude migration corridors can also often misjudge the speed and presence of these rotating blades. — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Ginsburg misjudged an unknowable future; Biden failed to respond to a visible present. — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Large language artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, often misjudge what people outside the West might value as a moral priority, according to our new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. — Alexandra Figueroa, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Rhymes for misjudge

• adjudge
• begrudge
• prejudge
• budge
• drudge
• frage
• fudge
• grudge
• judge
• mudge
• nudge
• rudge

Kids Definition

misjudge

verb

mis·​judge (ˈ)mis-ˈjəj 

: to judge wrongly or unfairly

misjudgment

-ˈjəj-mənt 

noun