as in misunderstood
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
the gymnast misjudged her landing and sprained her ankle
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Recent Examples of misjudged
Nathan MacKinnon may have misjudged the timing of Werenski’s arrival.
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Lens should already have been level — or even ahead — at the break but striker Wesley Saïd misjudged a close-range header and then shot straight at goalkeeper Matvei Safonov in first-half stoppage time.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Democratic former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said voters misjudged the race early on.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Perez correctly identified pitches that ump Doug Eddings had misjudged.
—Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Even so, the idea seemed misjudged.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In the end, McAdams’ sexiness isn’t incidental, but integral to how she’s been misjudged.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 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
In that ambiguity, black can feel both perfectly chic and potentially misjudged.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2025
Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Lens should already have been level — or even ahead — at the break but striker Wesley Saïd misjudged a close-range header and then shot straight at goalkeeper Matvei Safonov in first-half stoppage time.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Democratic former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said voters misjudged the race early on.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Perez correctly identified pitches that ump Doug Eddings had misjudged.
—Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Even so, the idea seemed misjudged.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In the end, McAdams’ sexiness isn’t incidental, but integral to how she’s been misjudged.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 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
In that ambiguity, black can feel both perfectly chic and potentially misjudged.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misjudged
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In response to questions about the Mizuho analyst’s conclusions, Muddy Waters founder Carson Block told Fortune by email that the analyst had misunderstood its findings.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The crowd’s reaction, like so much collective behavior in Japan, could easily be misunderstood by outsiders.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The sense that Omaha might be underestimated, even by the people who live there, is a source of both pride and torment for Utterback.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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But the new leadership group underestimated the willingness of longtime staff to welcome the latest in a series of new regimes promising change.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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“Misjudged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misjudged. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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