Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To judge beforehand without possessing adequate evidence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To judge beforehand; decide in advance of thorough investigation; condemn unheard or in anticipation.
- To anticipate in giving judgment; pass sentence before.
- To prejudice; impair; overrule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
judge before considering theevidence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
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Examples
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Obama didn't "prejudge"; he was asked for an opinion, which he gave.
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AFTER THE JUMP -- Gray says he doesn't "feel any pressing need simply to change people for the sake of changing them" -- Norton says not to "prejudge" Republican House -- IDI earns fines for continued group-home violations -- will D.C. GOP ever sit on council again?
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Senator Carl Levin, head of the Armed Services Committee, said he would not "prejudge" the president's proposal.
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The old, mindless approach is typified by a dean at the University of Florida who invoked the First Amendment and said he didn't want to "prejudge" Muhammad's speech.
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In fact, ANY group of people I have ever encountered has so much diversity that it really is futile to "prejudge" any one person.
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In fact, ANY group of people I have ever encountered has so much diversity that it really is futile to "prejudge" any one person.
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Senator Sessions of Alabama says you can't ask a nominee about Roe v. Wade because that's asking them to "prejudge" a specific matter.
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The official reason for keeping it secret is that releasing it might "prejudge" the inquiry.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: May 2004 Archives 2004
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She says she will not "prejudge" a bid by the Muslim Brotherhood to enter Egypt's political process.
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Clinton added that she would not "prejudge" the views of Israel before Netanyahu's visit to Washington next month.
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