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
After big price increases during the pandemic, when vehicles were in short supply, Stellantis kept on going, misjudging how much consumers would be willing to pay, Brauer said.
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Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Even so, the idea seemed misjudged.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Obviously her life is very different from Claire, but did Kate Hudson relate to feeling undervalued or misjudged?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Haaland missed two chances in the first half, while Foden misjudged two big openings late on, failing to execute a simple low ball across to Haaland and then opting for a difficult through ball to the Norwegian rather than spotting the free man Cherki on his right.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Even so, the idea seemed misjudged.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Obviously her life is very different from Claire, but did Kate Hudson relate to feeling undervalued or misjudged?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Haaland missed two chances in the first half, while Foden misjudged two big openings late on, failing to execute a simple low ball across to Haaland and then opting for a difficult through ball to the Norwegian rather than spotting the free man Cherki on his right.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misjudge
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This fundamentally misunderstands physical infrastructure.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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But people also misunderstand sharia and how it is applied, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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Judge Boyle noted that Musk appeared to underestimate this collective influence before acquiring Twitter.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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Kratom poisonings are probably underestimated due to the reliance on self-reports and because of insufficient testing, the study researchers and other experts agreed.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Iran should not miscalculate again.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The outlet reported this week that Trump and his advisors miscalculated Iran’s response to the war, and scooped an initial Pentagon assessment pointing blame at the U.S. for a strike that killed scores of girls at a school early in the war.—
Sarah Davis,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2026
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The market focuses on the median dot and often mistakes it for a plan, even though they are derived from 19 separate forecasts and not curated into a policy forecast by the committee.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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The result is, at best, a category error; at worst, a moral panic—mistaking architecture for art, and art for authority.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Misjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misjudge. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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