misjudge
21misjudge — verb (T) 1 to form a wrong or unfair opinion about a person or situation: The defeat showed how badly he d misjudged the mood of the electorate. 2 to guess an amount, distance etc wrongly: I misjudged the turn and hit the sidewalk. misjudgment or …
22misjudge — verb she misjudged her opponent s stamina Syn: get the wrong idea about, get wrong, judge incorrectly, estimate wrongly, be wrong about, miscalculate, misread; overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue, underrate …
23misjudge — v miscalculate, misreckon, miscount, miscompute, Inf. bet on the wrong horse; misapprehend, misunderstand, misconstrue, misinterpret; misestimate, misdeem, misread, misevaluate, misappre ciate, misvalue; underestimate, overestimate, undervalue,… …
24misjudge — mis·judge …
25misjudge — [mɪsˈdʒʌdʒ] verb [T] 1) to make a wrong judgment about a person or situation 2) to make a mistake in calculating something misjudgment noun [C/U] …
26misjudge — mis•judge [[t]mɪsˈdʒʌdʒ[/t]] v. t. v. i. judged, judg•ing to judge or estimate wrongly or unjustly • Etymology: 1525–35 mis•judg′ment, n …
27misjudge — [c]/mɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ (say mis juj) verb (misjudged, misjudging) –verb (t) 1. to make an error in the judgement of. –verb (i) 2. to make an error in judging. –misjudgement, noun –misjudger, noun –misjudged, adjective …
28misjudge — v.tr. (also absol.) 1 judge wrongly. 2 have a wrong opinion of. Derivatives: misjudgement n. (also misjudgment) …
29miss the boat — misjudge, misunderstand, make a mistake I missed the boat on the essay question. My answer was wrong …
30bet on the wrong horse — misjudge a coming event, misread the future I think that he bet on the wrong horse by putting all of his money into that new stock …
