misjudgeverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/us/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/to form an opinion or idea about someone or something that is unfair or wrong:
I thought he wasn't going to support me, but I misjudged him.
Sophie totally misjudged the situation and behaved inappropriately.
to guess an amount or distance wrongly
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Misunderstanding
- cross purposes
- don't get me wrong idiom
- forest
- get the wrong end of the stick idiom
- get your wires crossed idiom
- labour
- labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc. idiom
- miscalculate
- misconceived
- misconception
- misconstrue
- misguided
- misinterpret
- misunderstand
- not see the forest for the trees idiom
- not see the wood for the trees idiom
- put two and two together and make five idiom
- wire
- wood
- wrong
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Guessing, supposing and suspecting
misjudgment
noun [ C or U ] also misjudgement uk/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
Their decision to sell the house was a disastrous misjudgment.