misjudged; misjudging; misjudges
: to be mistaken in judgment
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.
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And brands suffer immense backlash for misjudging cultural sensitivities.
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Angelique Kuiper, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
Headline fretters have misjudged ADI’s tariff risks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The decisive moment came on the final lap when second-place Ty Dillon attempted to pass Wallace, but Dillon misjudged the closing rate of AJ Allmendinger to his outside and clipped Allmendinger’s car, sending Dillon into the wall.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The show still leans too heavily on hallucinations, and the early episodes misjudge what’s appealing to the viewers (Alexa Barajas’ Mari moves to the center of the wilderness action, while there’s an entire B-story in the present about Shauna’s family karma).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Angelique Kuiper, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
Headline fretters have misjudged ADI’s tariff risks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The decisive moment came on the final lap when second-place Ty Dillon attempted to pass Wallace, but Dillon misjudged the closing rate of AJ Allmendinger to his outside and clipped Allmendinger’s car, sending Dillon into the wall.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The show still leans too heavily on hallucinations, and the early episodes misjudge what’s appealing to the viewers (Alexa Barajas’ Mari moves to the center of the wilderness action, while there’s an entire B-story in the present about Shauna’s family karma).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Misjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misjudge. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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