Thesaurus results for MISJUDGMENT

misjudgment

noun

Definition of misjudgment

as in mistake

a wrong judgment one serious misjudgment at this point could cost the candidate the election

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Recent Examples of misjudgment The misjudgment meant the plane clipped a peak and crashed into a valley. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026 There, the discovery of a spacecraft and additional extraterrestrials transforms their chase into a simple struggle for survival, as what began as a series of understandable misjudgments spirals into a tragedy of cosmic scale. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 When someone is experiencing imposter syndrome, success is attributed to luck, excessive effort, charm or other people's misjudgment. — Sandro Da Silva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Sometimes these misjudgments lead to adverse health outcomes. — Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 Mistakes and misjudgments come with the territory, but there has been a notable uptick in errors leading directly to opposition chances. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026 Municipal utilities are largely unregulated, which makes misjudgments in purchasing power contracts a serious risk to local ratepayers. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026 But the ball was misplayed in left field and a baserunning misjudgment allowed Kennedy to get the potential tying run into a rundown. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 23 May 2026 Linda, meanwhile, survives the poisoning due to Bradley's misjudgment on the dosage. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026

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mistake

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In Kundassery’s view, the Democratic Party had made a critical mistake in the first few months of 2025.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
To keep errors in check, each graph is shown to multiple volunteers, and their answers are combined so that individual mistakes average out, according to the project's website.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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