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misjudgment

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S JH AH1 JH M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English judgment English misjudgment From mis- + judgment.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неправилна преценка (nepravilna precenka) — Translations
  • Dutch: verkeerd oordeel — Translations
  • Dutch: verkeerde inschatting — Translations
  • German: Fehleinschätzung — Translations
  • German: Fehlurteil — Translations
  • Hungarian: balítélet — Translations
  • Irish: míbhreithiúnas — Translations
  • Norwegian: feilgrep — Translations
  • Swedish: missbedömning — Translations