Meaning & use
Misjudged
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Formed an incorrect or unfair opinion or estimate about someone or something.
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I misjudged the distance and missed the shot completely.
She admitted she had misjudged his intentions from the start.
A note on using this word
Formed from the prefix 'mis-' (wrongly) attached to 'judged', highlighting an error in evaluation.
Words with a similar meaning
miscalculatedmisread
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Words with an opposite meaning
assessed correctly
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