Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Erroneous judgment; error in judging or determining.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wrong or unjust judgment.
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- noun An act of
misjudging , a mistake injudgment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wednesday for what she called misjudgment and said the situation has gotten "out of control."
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LONDON -- A British woman who outraged pet lovers around the world after she was caught on surveillance camera dumping a cat in a garbage bin apologized on Wednesday for what she called misjudgment and said the situation has gotten "out of control."
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If the Cardinals don't make the playoffs or get bounced early, the trade could become a regrettable long-term misjudgment.
Thestar.com - Home Page Bernie Miklasz 2011
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Now he's being pilloried for the "misjudgment" of commenting on the innuendoes facing him, which is a bit like slapping someone for a while and then deriding them for flinching.
First Big Brother, now Little Brother, and both are deadly 2010
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None of the FBI lawyers and/or supervisors responsible for this glaring error and "misjudgment" has been held accountable.
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None of the FBI lawyers and/or supervisors responsible for this glaring error and "misjudgment" has been held accountable.
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If you've been to the crossroads, and made the deal, and got the mojo — which turns out to be dependent on a great deal of hard work and practice, just like sleight-of-hand — wouldn't you maybe get a trifle riled by that kind of misjudgment from time to time?
Cops and Robbers Atwood, Margaret 2002
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For example, they may fear accurately seeing as mistakes actual faults in their mentors, such as misjudgment, abusive conduct, or involvement in spiritual power politics.
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We still have the letter in which Burns enclosed "Scots wha 'hae," and it is curious to note his misjudgment of the verse; and side by side with that kind of misjudgment we have men picking out for singular affection and with a full expectation of glory some piece of work of theirs to which posterity will have nothing to say.
On Something Hilaire Belloc 1911
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Of course this and other atrocities of "misjudgment", "incompetence", "criminality" are getting little attention by a corporate loving media and seemingly callously detached public:
Corrente libbyliberal 2010
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