misjudged; misjudging; misjudges
: to be mistaken in judgment
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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
Public health frequently trivializes prevention costs, and therefore misjudges the overall effects of disease policies.
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Casey B. Mulligan, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
Some misjudged the distance and left a faint imprint of nose on butter.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Headline numbers Why have so many people misjudged China’s power?
—Dan Murphy, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
Neither is this latest entry into a long-proud tradition of female detectives weaponizing the way people misjudge them.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
The Sabres also misjudged their goaltending situation in rushing rookie Devon Levi into a starting role before finally demoting him to the minors after going 9-7-2 with a .891 save percentage.
—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
Justin Timberlake misjudged a fun moment with Travis Kelce — and ended up on the ground.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
Peretti understood the power of traffic to reshape the structure of culture but ultimately misjudged the direction of its effect on society.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
When asked why Fox so plainly misjudged its legal case, Stelter is somewhat puzzled, attributing it, at least initially, to hubris.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
Casey B. Mulligan, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
Some misjudged the distance and left a faint imprint of nose on butter.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Headline numbers Why have so many people misjudged China’s power?
—Dan Murphy, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
Neither is this latest entry into a long-proud tradition of female detectives weaponizing the way people misjudge them.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
The Sabres also misjudged their goaltending situation in rushing rookie Devon Levi into a starting role before finally demoting him to the minors after going 9-7-2 with a .891 save percentage.
—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
Justin Timberlake misjudged a fun moment with Travis Kelce — and ended up on the ground.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
Peretti understood the power of traffic to reshape the structure of culture but ultimately misjudged the direction of its effect on society.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
When asked why Fox so plainly misjudged its legal case, Stelter is somewhat puzzled, attributing it, at least initially, to hubris.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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The first known use of misjudge was
in the 15th century
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