misjudge

verb

Meaning

Form an incorrect opinion or estimation about someone or something.

It is easy to misjudge a person's character based on a single brief encounter.
The architect misjudged the space required for the new furniture, leaving the room feeling cramped.

Synonyms: misread, underestimate, miscalculate, misinterpret

verb

Pronunciation: /mɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/

Form an incorrect opinion or estimation about someone or something.

It is easy to misjudge a person's character based on a single brief encounter.
The architect misjudged the space required for the new furniture, leaving the room feeling cramped.
I misjudged the time needed to finish the report and ended up working late into the night.

misjudge someone or something (collocation): To form an incorrect opinion about a person or object. — "Do not misjudge the difficulty of this task."
misjudge the situation (collocation): To fail to understand the reality of a set of circumstances. — "He completely misjudged the situation and acted too aggressively."

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