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Definition of misjudgement noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

misjudgement

noun
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
 
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
(also misjudgment)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. the act of forming a wrong opinion about somebody/something, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly
    • The government made a serious misjudgment in its reaction to the crisis.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
  2. the act of estimating something such as time or distance wrongly
    • I ran out of wool thanks to a silly misjudgement.
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