misjudge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to form an incorrect opinion or estimate of a person, situation, quantity, or outcome

   Do not misjudge his silence as a sign that he agrees with the plan.

Formed in Middle English from mis- ("wrongly, badly") + judge. Its earliest uses included giving an unjust legal judgment; it broadened to any incorrect assessment of a person, circumstance, amount, or likely result.

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