misjudge
verb (used with or without object)
to judge, estimate, or value wrongly or unjustly.
had misjudged
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past perfectof misjudge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The city, they concluded, had misjudged the situation but had not pursued Gamble from a place of malice.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
If I had misjudged Edith Wharton, I wondered, what else might I be wrong about?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
But former Venezuelan military officer Jose Gustavo Arocha of the Center for a Secure Free Society, a US think tank specializing in defense issues, also suggested that Cuba had misjudged the threat.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
Even Anna Wintour admitted she had misjudged the pop star-turned-luxury designer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Was it possible that he had misjudged Perry’s character?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
