misjudged; misjudging; misjudges
: to be mistaken in judgment
1
: to estimate wrongly
I misjudged how long this would take.
2
: to have an unjust opinion of
I'm sorry that I misjudged you.
mis·judgment
variants
or misjudgement
(ˈ)mis+
: incorrect or distorted judgment
the accident was caused by his misjudgment of the sharpness of the curve
his prejudices have led him into a serious misjudgment of his opponent
Examples of misjudge in a Sentence
Verb
I can see that I've completely misjudged you. I apologize.
The outfielder misjudged the fly ball and it went over his head.
The pilot misjudged the landing.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Outfielder Bill North misjudged Veryzer’s hit but was not charged with an error.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Nathan MacKinnon may have misjudged the timing of Werenski’s arrival.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 June 2026
The trend closely matches data previously disclosed by Waymo, where self-driving vehicles are often hit by inattentive human drivers who misjudge or fail to anticipate the car’s cautious stopping behavior.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
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Verb
Leaders who treat infrastructure as an IT line item will misjudge both the cost and speed of AI scaling.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Outfielder Bill North misjudged Veryzer’s hit but was not charged with an error.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Nathan MacKinnon may have misjudged the timing of Werenski’s arrival.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 June 2026
The trend closely matches data previously disclosed by Waymo, where self-driving vehicles are often hit by inattentive human drivers who misjudge or fail to anticipate the car’s cautious stopping behavior.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for misjudge
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“Misjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misjudge. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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