misjudgement
noun/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
(also misjudgment)
[countable, uncountable]- the act of forming a wrong opinion about somebody/something, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly
- The government made a serious misjudgment in its reaction to the crisis.
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- the act of estimating something such as time or distance wrongly
- I ran out of wool thanks to a silly misjudgement.
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