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# misjudge

«misjudge» in Mova's school dictionary: **to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (misjudge, misjudges, misjudged, misjudging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To misjudge something is to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or a time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#m1)

2) To misjudge a person is to form a wrong or unfair opinion about them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, people misjudge the speed of cars when crossing the road, or the depth of water before jumping in. In sport, a player may misjudge a ball. In stories, a character misjudges someone and later learns they were kind. Phrases: "misjudge the distance", "misjudge the situation".

### examples

- I misjudged the jump and landed in the puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x1)
- Drivers can misjudge how fast a bike is going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x2)
- Never misjudge how deep the water is; check first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x3)
- I misjudged her; she is actually very kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x4)
- He misjudged the time and missed the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x5)
- The goalkeeper misjudged the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x6)
- As long as I live I shall never forget the wrong I have done you in so misjudging you, and in causing your father to suspect you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/#x7)

### note

Regular: misjudged, misjudging (drop the e). Noun: misjudgement (British) or misjudgment (American). The prefix "mis-" means wrongly.

### In the corpora

- [A train is faster and closer than it looks, so it is easy to misjudge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misjudge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.