as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
the gymnast misjudged her landing and sprained her ankle
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Recent Examples of misjudge
Already, Moscow has seriously misjudged its ability to rapidly defeat the Ukrainian military and to shake Western resolve.
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
In a series of pre-registered experiments, it was found that individuals typically misjudge how much their outreach is appreciated, especially since the recipients (responders) focus more on their surprise at being contacted than the initiators do.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Investigators found that the driver, exiting from westbound I-30, misjudged the available space at the intersection with the frontage road, leading to a sudden turn.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024
None of these visions, however, proved tractable: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran misjudged the strength of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli society, and the U.S.-Israeli alliance.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
In a series of pre-registered experiments, it was found that individuals typically misjudge how much their outreach is appreciated, especially since the recipients (responders) focus more on their surprise at being contacted than the initiators do.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Investigators found that the driver, exiting from westbound I-30, misjudged the available space at the intersection with the frontage road, leading to a sudden turn.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024
None of these visions, however, proved tractable: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran misjudged the strength of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli society, and the U.S.-Israeli alliance.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misjudge
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Bonifacio’s attorney, Javier Solano, told Newsday his client doesn’t speak English well and may have misunderstood what the officer asked him.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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There is no place on the bench for someone who so deeply misunderstands the role of a judge and the administration of justice.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Let this be a lesson to us all, rose lovers: Never underestimate the power of Rice Krispies treats.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Reimagining your influences, being adaptable while playing to your strengths and never underestimating the power of your creations.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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The company and bankers dramatically miscalculated the market, overestimating the natural gas Trump bump.—
Lucinda Shen,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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Benigno Alarcón, a professor of Politics at Caracas’s Andrés Bello Catholic University, says Maduro’s message might have been miscalculated.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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The new species was mistaken as the Quichua porcupine, or Coendou quichua, for decades.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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Breathless had started as a somewhat conventional project that Godard turned into an irreverent formal free-for-all; the noirish, plaintive Le petit soldat had enough genre elements to mistake it for something more traditional.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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