单词 | misjudge |
释义 | misjudge (once / 3353 pages) v When you misjudge someone, you have mistaken ideas about what they're like. Politicians who misjudge their constituents aren't often reelected. If you've ever found yourself jumping to conclusions about someone after meeting them once, and then realizing they aren't the way you thought they were, you know what it is to misjudge someone. If a tennis player misjudges her opponent, she's likely to miss an unexpected shot and lose the match. When you judge, you form an opinion about someone or something. Now add the "bad or wrong" prefix mis-, and you've got misjudge. WORD FAMILYmisjudge: misjudged, misjudges, misjudging+/judge: judged, judges, judgeship, judging, judgment, misjudge, prejudge/judged: ill-judged/judgeship: judgeships/judging: judgings/judgment: judgmental, judgments/judgmental: nonjudgmental/nonjudgmental: nonjudgmentally/prejudge: prejudged, prejudges, prejudging USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a far cry from 2013, when Amazon and package deliverers misjudged demand and delivered some holiday packages after Christmas. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) It’s a far cry from 2013, when Amazon and package deliverers misjudged demand and delivered some holiday packages after Christmas . Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) She’d misjudge social cues, flinging her arms around new people she met, occasionally telling strangers how attractive she found them. The New Yorker(Dec 03, 2016) v judge incorrectly Hypo|Hyper underestimate, underrate make too low an estimate of overestimate, overratemake too high an estimate of miscalculate, misestimatejudge incorrectly sell shortunderestimate the real value or ability of overcapitalise, overcapitalizeoverestimate the market value of err, mistake, slip to make a mistake or be incorrect |
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