prejudge

as in to predict
to form an opinion about (someone or something) before you have enough understanding or knowledge Officials complain that some reporters have prejudged the outcome of the investigation. She was wrong for prejudging him.

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Recent Examples of prejudge Students should be assessed according to merit, accomplishment and character—not prejudged by the color of their skin. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025 Fed officials have refrained from commenting directly on policy clashes in Washington, but have expressed a level of trepidation about trying to prejudge events. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025 The results suggest many still prejudge people with body art, particularly women. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 One of his lawyers has cautioned the public against prejudging the case. Mark Scolforo and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prejudge
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predict
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  • Ultimately, the company’s ambition is to build a computational model that captures the behaviours of every molecule inside a living cell and to predict how each of these molecules will change with health, disease or exposure to drugs.
    David Prosser, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Scientists predict that within the next 15 years this ice cap will disappear in summer for the first time in millennia, accelerating global warming.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025

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“Prejudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudge. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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