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Definition of misjudge verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

misjudge

verb
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they misjudge
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/
he / she / it misjudges
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪz/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪz/
past simple misjudged
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/
past participle misjudged
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/
-ing form misjudging
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/
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  1. misjudge somebody/something | misjudge how, what, etc… to form a wrong opinion about a person or situation, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly
    • She now realizes that she misjudged him.
    • It is difficult to understand how they could have misjudged the mood of the workforce so badly.
    Extra Examples
    • It's easy to misjudge people when you don't really know them.
    • They had seriously misjudged the mood of the electorate.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • seriously
    • completely
    See full entry
  2. misjudge something | misjudge how long, how far, etc… to estimate something such as time or distance wrongly
    • He misjudged the distance and his ball landed in the lake.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • seriously
    • completely
    See full entry
See misjudge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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