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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misjudge.

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Examples

  • She consistently misjudges which is why Obama is the superior candidate.

    Poll: More Dems Think Hillary, Not Obama, Will Bring Change 2009

  • She consistently misjudges which is why Obama is the superior candidate.

    Poll: More Dems Think Hillary, Not Obama, Will Bring Change 2009

  • And then Andrus gets to second when Jackson misjudges a high ball to center field and drops it.

    Detroit Tigers v Texas Rangers - live! | Steve Busfield 2011

  • Or what if the bookstore misjudges the cover and so sticks it on a shelf amongst books you'd never consider in a million years?

    [Guest Post] Part 1: A Manifesto of Imaginative Literature by Justin Allen 2010

  • But that misjudges how ordinary people react to expensive food and fuel.

    India's Inflation Blinders 2011

  • We may have to elect some new champions-elect.88 mins: Figueroa misjudges a bouncing City clearance on the half-way line, punching the ball with a raised fist as it flew over his head.

    Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester City 1 | minute-by-minute report 2012

  • While emergency-room errors often happen because a doctor misjudges symptoms, in almost all cases of missed or delayed diagnoses essential pieces of information weren't available at the time the doctor made a decision, according to Dana Siegal , program director of risk-management services for Crico/RMF Strategies, whose parent company insures hospitals affiliated with Harvard University.

    Hospitals Overhaul ERs to Reduce Mistakes Laura Landro 2011

  • You listen for the screech of tires or crash of tin, for he often misjudges, but he's never brought the gates down or done damage.

    The Darkness of White Noise 2010

  • There was a brief quote from military command in Boden, to the effect that the atmosphere was completely different in the late eighties, that everyone misjudges things sometimes, even the Swedish military, and that it had never been ascertained that there had ever been any submarine encroachment in northern Swedish waters.

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

  • But maybe he misjudges the dosage and loses control of the victim, and in a panic, he strangles her and then stabs her.

    Unspeakable Laura Griffin 2010

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