misjudge
verb /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misjudge | /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ |
| he / she / it misjudges | /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪz/ /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪz/ |
| past simple misjudged | /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ |
| past participle misjudged | /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ |
| -ing form misjudging | /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/ |
- misjudge somebody/something | misjudge how, what, etc… to form a wrong opinion about a person or situation, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly
- She now realizes that she misjudged him.
- It is difficult to understand how they could have misjudged the mood of the workforce so badly.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- It's easy to misjudge people when you don't really know them.
- They had seriously misjudged the mood of the electorate.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- seriously
- completely
- …
- misjudge something | misjudge how long, how far, etc… to estimate something such as time or distance wrongly
- He misjudged the distance and his ball landed in the lake.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- seriously
- completely
- …