(v. t. & i.) To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
Example Sentences:
(1) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
(2) Carefull angiographic investigation can avoid misjudging the symptoms (stridor, dysphagia) and can contribute to an exact diagnosis thus preventing unnecessary operation.
(3) There was deep irritation in the cabinet that the prime minister had misjudged the mood of his parliamentary party and had single-handedly revived the fortunes of Miliband after a recent bad patch.
(4) Because of various manifestations (rhinitis, sinusitis, otitis, arthralgie, "red eye", neuritis, carditis) and different symptomatics the disease is misjudged over month and years.
(5) David Luiz was at fault, misjudging the pace of Ramires's back-pass and, having turned his back on the ball, was left to look on in horror as Mutch ran through on the blindside and struck the ball past Petr Cech, making his 300th league appearance for Chelsea.
(6) It hurts when Greenpeace loses the widows' mite , but it will be nowhere near as painful as when countries such as Bangladesh or the Maldives are told there is no money in the Green Climate Fund , the IMF or the World Bank to build defences against rising sea levels or storm surges because anonymous rogue traders and trusted financiers in New York or London have misjudged the market and lost billions.
(7) ‘Patriotism’ is a difficult concept to pin, and one man’s patriotism can easily be misjudged as folly or even treachery if we start judging based on a narrow understanding of the term.” Walid, a Muslim veteran of the navy, added that “even though we invaded Iraq based upon bogus information, that doesn’t diminish the sacrifice of Captain Khan and other American service members who lost their lives”.
(8) Had he been convicted at that time then I’m surprised the Israeli government allowed him to travel.” Asked if he made “misjudgments”, Corbyn said: “You’re putting a lot of words into my mouth about misjudgments.
(9) Then, after some pigeon hilarity - sorry, cricket, for misjudging you - Sangakkara is beaten by some extra bounce, the ball kissing the face of his bat without telling him and flying just wide of point.
(10) Hofer himself described Farage’s comments as a “crass misjudgment”, adding that “it doesn’t fill me with joy when someone meddles from outside”.
(11) They conceded an absurd early goal when their Scottish international keeper, George Farm, pitifully misjudged a shot by Nat Lofthouse after a mere 75 seconds.
(12) Arsenal v Bayern Munich: Champions League – in pictures Read more Arsenal’s extraordinary sequence of having reaching the knockout stages in each of the last 15 seasons was straying dangerously close to being discontinued until Olivier Giroud, three minutes off the substitutes’ bench, made the most of Neuer’s misjudgment to change the complexion of this match and, in turn, Group F. Neuer had produced one save earlier in the match that will linger in the memory because of its almost implausible quality but a goalkeeper of his distinction will be aghast to have misread the trajectory of Santi Cazorla’s 77th-minute free-kick.
(13) However Tomkins misjudged the bounce – Allardyce insisted there was a nudge – and Rooney let fly with an astonishing shot that hung in the air for an age, so high it was almost in the clouds.
(14) It was a misjudgment in the heat of the moment.” The forlorn-looking Formula One world champion muttered: “I can’t really express the way I’m feeling at the moment so I won’t attempt to.
(15) The lack of checking urine for ketones, the wrong feeling of safety after long-term successful pump treatment, and a concomitant psychological stress situation favoured the misjudgement of the clinical symptoms of ketosis and the delay of hospital admission.
(16) Many other examples could be cited of misjudged priorities and wasteful expenditure.
(17) The misjudgment may have proved embarrassing politically, but it was a money-spinner for UK arms manufacturers.
(18) 4.33am BST 64 mins: Altidore throws his head back in frustration as Bradley nudges a ball to him on the edge of the box, and the Sunderland striker spins, but misjudges the bounce of the ball so that his kick shanks high over the bar.
(19) It was just a really outdated, misjudged and heavily biased presentation."
(20) Will Dave emulate his old patron, Michael Howard, and sack Boris for an egregious misjudgment ?
Prejudge
Definition:
(v. t.) To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.
Example Sentences:
(1) In conclusion, there is a reasonable chance that retirement plan assets in Delaware qualified plans are insulated from judgment creditors, but the best course is to maintain adequate insurance protection and follow an aggressive prejudgment strategy in serious cases so you don't have to resolve the issue in a bankruptcy proceeding.
(2) "I always think," he said, "that it is entirely wrong to prejudge the past."
(3) Timmermans said the commission’s investigation aimed to “clarify the facts in an objective way” and “start a dialogue with Polish authorities without prejudging” the outcome.
(4) By setting the bar lower from the outset, the EU is negatively prejudging the outcome of international climate negotiations and sending the wrong signal to the rest of world."
(5) It prejudges consideration by the procurator fiscal and has wrongly led the Scottish and UK media to report that I have been charged with an offence.
(6) Until that happens and until the court case is resolved, it is not for the BBC to prejudge matters and confer a legitimacy on the BNP that even they do not claim today."
(7) Seeing as those submarines will inescapably remain based in Scotland (no one pretends a bomb with a St George's cross on the top could fly) the move prejudges an independence referendum in a country where opposition to Trident is mainstream.
(8) Sturgeon said the deal would ensure, at the end of the transition period, “a fair review mechanism that did not prejudge the outcome and that would not default to a funding proposal that delivered population-driven detriment to the Scottish budget”.
(9) The US and Israel warn that UN membership for Palestine will prejudge the outcome of future peace talks and have hinted at retaliation.
(10) "We started out by wishing to give two grand prix not because you prejudge in any sense of the word," said Hegarty.
(11) Therefore it would be wrong to prejudge any findings although we recognise that these matters are of serious public concern."
(12) Heydon saw in the 2010 case of South Australia v Totani, also about control orders, another opportunity to pillory Soviet communism, Bills of Rights and Adelaide, in one splendid, if bewildering, paragraph : Lord Scott’s proposition, notable for its cautious unwillingness to prejudge the French and Soviet dictators, was much more specific than Lord Hope’s.
(13) The sweep by the UK Border Agency, mainly at rail stations, has caused a furore, partly because the Home Office issued press releases and Twitter updates saying how many "immigration offenders" had been arrested, apparently prejudging their guilt.
(14) Three colonial types (one prejudged as Escherichia) of lactose-positive rods were catalogued on each of the most commonly used selective media, MacConkey Agar, Endo Agar, and E M B Agar.
(15) Wyvill and Spurr will further claim that Southwood is incapable of hearing costs because he showed “actual or apprehended bias” by prejudging their conduct when they had no opportunity to defend themselves.
(16) The answer is, because in the US military it is a separate offense – unlawful command influence – if higher-level political officials or military officials prejudge a case and start talking about it in public.” “What actually happened on the ground?
(17) However, the Foreign Office directed ministers and parliamentary aides to abstain, saying it was wrong for the government to prejudge the issue or act as a jury on a case that may yet be referred to the international criminal court.
(18) But David Allen Green, legal correspondent for the New Statesman, tweeted: " For the @ukhomeoffice to say those arrested are already #immigrationoffenders is to prejudge their cases and possibly contempt. "
(19) Try telling a high court judge you hadn't prejudged matters if she reads an email like that.
(20) Asked about the possibility of arson, county Sheriff Bill Gore said earlier on Thursday he wouldn't prejudge the investigations.