Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense misjudges, present participle misjudging, past tense, past participle misjudged
verb
If you say that someone has misjudged a person or situation, you mean that they have formed an incorrect idea or opinion about them, and often that they have made a wrong decision as a result of this.
Perhaps I had misjudged him, and he was not so predictable after all. [VERB noun]
As I swung down from out of my bunk, I got dizzy and misjudged the distance. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: miscalculate, be wrong about, underestimate, underrate More Synonyms of misjudge
misjudge in British English
(ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ)
verb(transitive)
to judge (a person or thing) wrongly or unfairly
Derived forms
misjudger (ˌmisˈjudger)
noun
misjudgment (ˌmisˈjudgment) or misjudgement (ˌmisˈjudgement)
noun
misjudge in American English
(ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌmisˈjudged or ˌmisˈjudging
to judge wrongly or unfairly
Derived forms
misjudgment (misˈjudgment)
noun or misˈjudgement
Examples of 'misjudge' in a sentence
misjudge
But he misjudged the flight and had to push it away with his fingertips.
The Sun (2012)
They have misjudged the public mood at a time of austerity.
The Sun (2013)
But the industry has clearly misjudged the public mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They simply misjudged the public mood.
The Sun (2010)
In fact he misjudged their mood.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
He misjudged the mood of audiences.
Jenkins, Roy Truman (1986)
But protests from 10,000 disgusted licence payers show they have misjudged the public mood.
The Sun (2008)
RSA seems to have misjudged their mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But unless he actually wanted to be rebuffed, he seems badly to have misjudged the mood of the club.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
One man misjudged the mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But as she and her husband set to work on their secret revamp, she realised how badly she had misjudged the situation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Turns out I may have misjudged the situation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We all thought,'Have we misjudged the situation?
The Sun (2010)
Not for the first time, he misjudged the mood, which was sober and serious.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It looks as if Europe has once again misjudged the mood in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The source went on: 'He completely misjudged his leap and landed face first on the hard wood stage.
The Sun (2011)
A police spokesman said: 'She misjudged the distance of the plane.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
misjudge
British English: misjudge /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ VERB
If you say that someone has misjudged a person or situation, you mean that they have formed an incorrect idea or opinion about them, and often that they have made a wrong decision as a result of this.
Perhaps I had misjudged him, and he was not so selfish after all.
American English: misjudge
Arabic: يُخْطِئُ فِي الـْحُكّمِ عَلَى
Brazilian Portuguese: julgar mal
Chinese: 误判断
Croatian: pogrešno procijeniti
Czech: špatně odhadnout
Danish: fejlbedømme
Dutch: verkeerd beoordelen
European Spanish: juzgar mal
Finnish: arvioida väärin
French: se méprendre
German: falsch beurteilen
Greek: κρίνω εσφαλμένα
Italian: giudicare male
Japanese: 判断を誤る
Korean: 잘못된 판단을 하다
Norwegian: feilvurdere
Polish: mieć błędne mniemanie
European Portuguese: julgar mal
Romanian: a judeca greșit
Russian: недооценить
Latin American Spanish: juzgar mal
Swedish: felbedöma
Thai: ตัดสินใจผิด
Turkish: yanlış hüküm vermek
Ukrainian: неправильно оцінювати
Vietnamese: đánh giá sai
Chinese translation of 'misjudge'
misjudge
(mɪsˈdʒʌdʒ)
vt
[person, situation]错(錯)误(誤)判断(斷) (cuòwù pànduàn)
(verb)
Definition
to judge wrongly or unfairly
Perhaps I had misjudged him after all.
Synonyms
miscalculate
He has badly miscalculated the mood of the people.
be wrong about
underestimate
Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
underrate
He underrated the seriousness of William's head injury.
overestimate
overrate
I think you're overrating her if you call her a genius.
get the wrong idea about
Additional synonyms
in the sense of overrate
Definition
to have too high an opinion of
I think you're overrating her if you call her a genius.
Synonyms
overestimate,
glorify,
overvalue,
oversell,
make too much of,
rate too highly,
assess too highly,
overpraise,
exaggerate the worth of,
overprize,
think or expect too much of,
think too highly of,
attach too much importance to
in the sense of underestimate
Definition
to not be aware or take account of the full abilities or potential of
Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
Synonyms
undervalue,
understate,
underrate,
diminish,
play down,
minimize,
downgrade,
miscalculate,
trivialize,
rate too low,
underemphasize,
hold cheap,
misprize
in the sense of underrate
Definition
to not be aware or take account of the full abilities or potential of
He underrated the seriousness of William's head injury.