misjudgev.
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈdʒədʒ/ 1. intransitive. To make a wrong judgement or assessment; to form a wrong opinion of.
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c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 18 (MED) I shal declare how þe hunter shal jugge, for some tyme þei mysiugen by þe fumes, and so doon þei by þe foot.
1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 5 §23 And because no maner of person shall misjudge of thintent of this Estatute.
1678 J. Dryden All for Love ii. 18 You misjudge; You see through Love, and that deludes your sight.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 38 Too long, mis-judging, have I thought thee wise.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 64 Have we misjudged here, over-armed the knight?
1954 I. Berlin Four Ess. Liberty (1969) ii. 103 When this breaks down we do cease to understand, and, ex hypothesi, we misjudge.
1987 Bella 14 Dec. 10/2 How easy it is to misjudge from appearances.
2009 N. Baker Anthologist viii. 122 These stairs have something about them that makes me misjudge.
2. transitive. To judge or assess wrongly; to have or form a wrong opinion of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)]
mistakea1393
mischoosec1422
misaccounta1425
misweigha1475
mistakea1500
misjudge1526
misesteema1595
miscountc1600
misdoom1609
misvalue1614
misrepute1629
misratea1641
mismeasure1743
mistake?a1786
misappreciate1828
misestimate1841
misgauge1870
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aiiiiv By..deprauyng and mysiugyng his intent in thynges that be good.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. x. f. lxvii And therfore no more mysse iudge any man.
1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 161 If you know the goodnesse of a mans life, mis-iudge him not by any strangenesse of his death.
1779 S. Johnson Waller in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. 80 That Clarendon might misjudge the motive of his retirement is the more probable.
1819 N. Amer. Rev. June 59 His indignant misanthropy when the world misjudged or slighted him.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 3 How you misjudge us women!
1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 21 Mar. 4/6 Rice..crossed the home plate on a fly which Charley Gilbert misjudged.
1988 J. Frame Carpathians xix. 109 You try to sell computers in Puamahara... We all misjudged the market.
Derivatives
ˌmisˈjudged adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > wrong (of judgement)
waywardc1384
crude1611
misreputed1643
misjudged1644
wrong-headed1735
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A2v Let me arreed him, not to be the foreman of any mis-judgd opinion, unlesse his resolutions be firmly seated.
1788 J. Madison in N.Y. Packet 29 Jan. 2/4 The misjudged exaggerations of a counterfeit zeal.
1986 M. Foot Loyalists & Loners 75 He claimed in the memoirs that all my representations, or all the ones that truly mattered, were misjudged or improper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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