Thesaurus results for PREJUDGE

prejudge

verb

as in to predict

to form an opinion about (someone or something) before you have enough understanding or knowledge Officials complain that some reporters have prejudged the outcome of the investigation. She was wrong for prejudging him.

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Recent Examples of prejudge But the court would not prejudge the fairness of the proceedings agreed to by Flores in his contract. —

Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Declaring statehood prematurely prejudges the outcome of negotiations, and that was the position taken by these administrations. —

Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025 Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin. —

Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Mar. 2025 Mangione’s lawyer has cautioned the public against prejudging the case. —

Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prejudge

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predict

Verb

But if the ongoing investigation shows that there were more – 100 or even 200 deaths by late May – the modeling predicts a much higher likelihood of this growing into a massive outbreak.

— Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Highly capable professionals often spend enormous amounts of energy replaying conversations, second-guessing decisions, and trying to predict how others interpreted their behavior.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026