🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Fehlurteil

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Fehlurteil

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Misjudgment/ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sein Fehlurteil führte zu großen Problemen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An incorrect judgment or assessment.

    "His misjudgment about the market trends led to significant financial losses."
  2. 2

    A mistake in judgment or decision-making.

    "The misjudgment of her capabilities resulted in her being overlooked for the promotion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'misjudgment' is derived from the prefix 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly', combined with 'judgment', which comes from the Old French 'jugement' and Latin 'judicium', meaning 'to judge'. The word has evolved to denote an incorrect assessment or decision.

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