as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
the gymnast misjudged her landing and sprained her ankle
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Recent Examples of misjudge
But the Fed just kind of misjudges what's going on and pushes too hard on interest rates and pushes the economy in.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Matt Vierling appeared to misjudge the ball off Ryan Jeffers’ bat in the first, turning a potential inning-ending catch into a double and the Twins went on to score three runs.
—Larry Lage, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
France misjudged its run-in to the line and was never a threat for the win.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Within Trump’s orbit, powerful players and factions misjudged the resilience of China’s economy and wrongly assumed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would rush to make a deal in order to avoid a domestic backlash.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Matt Vierling appeared to misjudge the ball off Ryan Jeffers’ bat in the first, turning a potential inning-ending catch into a double and the Twins went on to score three runs.
—Larry Lage, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
France misjudged its run-in to the line and was never a threat for the win.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Within Trump’s orbit, powerful players and factions misjudged the resilience of China’s economy and wrongly assumed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would rush to make a deal in order to avoid a domestic backlash.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misjudge
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Furthermore, even if the AI isn’t the culprit in souring their mental health, a person might misunderstand the AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The same kind of misunderstanding speckles the discourse around Live Laugh Love, his stellar new album.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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Show the shop floor in action Don’t underestimate how compelling your day-to-day operations can be to folks outside your four walls.—
Ethan Karp,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The West is often prone to overestimate the threat Russia poses, but also underestimate Putin’s commitment to his war.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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More players mean more scenarios for people to miscalculate.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Stroke symptoms, risk factors in young adults Certain symptoms of stroke in young people like nausea, dizziness or tiredness are often dismissed or mistaken for migraines or stress, Shapiro said, which can delay critical treatment.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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And do not mistake a loud minority for legal or economic truth.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Misjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misjudge. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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