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misjudgments

noun

plural of misjudgment

as in mistakes

a wrong judgment one serious misjudgment at this point could cost the candidate the election

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Recent Examples of misjudgments Mistakes and misjudgments come with the territory, but there has been a notable uptick in errors leading directly to opposition chances. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026 Municipal utilities are largely unregulated, which makes misjudgments in purchasing power contracts a serious risk to local ratepayers. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026 Ullrich stresses the role of tactical mistakes and misjudgments, not least by the far left, which shortsightedly refused to compromise its beliefs and join with more moderate groups to oppose democratic backsliding. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025

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Kyle Tucker homered for the second consecutive game, Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six gritty innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on two defensive mistakes by the New York Mets in a 4-3 victory Saturday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Both humans and algorithms can make mistakes, but society does not yet trust the algorithm with the final word.

— Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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