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Definition of "misjudge" []

  • To judge wrongly. (verb-transitive)
  • To be wrong in judging. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "misjudge" in a sentence
  • "Byrd says, "Sometimes there's a depth perception issue too where you can see that a child may bump into things differently or they may be reaching for something and kind of misjudge the distance.""
  • "If I misjudge the range I can injure the game if I am off by as little as 8 yds."
  • "Now, did the SPD misjudge the relative danger of bolshevik revolution vs. that of a right wing resurgence?"