Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To judge wrongly.
- intransitive verb To be wrong in judging.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To err in judging of; judge erroneously or wrongfully.
- Synonyms To misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.
- To err in judgment; form erroneous opinions or notions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make an error in
judging , to incorrectlyassess .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb judge incorrectly
Etymologies
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Examples
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Byrd says, "Sometimes there's a depth perception issue too where you can see that a child may bump into things differently or they may be reaching for something and kind of misjudge the distance."
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Byrd says, "Sometimes there's a depth perception issue too where you can see that a child may bump into things differently or they may be reaching for something and kind of misjudge the distance."
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Since the market price is the best estimate of the future price, it's hard to see how either the company or the secretary can systematically misjudge the value of the stock high or low.
Executive Compensation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Now, did the SPD misjudge the relative danger of bolshevik revolution vs. that of a right wing resurgence?
Matthew Yglesias » The Real German Resistance to Hitler: The Social Democrats 2009
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Sometimes, when market conditions sour or underwriters misjudge demand, companies go public at lower prices than expected.
Playing the IPO Boom Ben Levisohn 2011
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I have a feeling that the establishment seriously misjudge the coming mood of this nation.
Alternative vote yes campaign hitches itself to royal wedding 2011
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If I misjudge the range I can injure the game if I am off by as little as 8 yds.
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The empirical data is there, and trends like demographics are difficult to misjudge.
A Return To Decoupling Richard Kang 2010
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If I misjudge the range I can injure the game if I am off by as little as 8 yds.
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The empirical data is there, and trends like demographics are difficult to misjudge.
Diversification Is Critical With Emerging Markets Richard Kang 2010
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