judgment error
Poor decision making
A judgment error is a mistake in evaluating a situation, person, or course of action.
The phrase emphasizes that the error stemmed from faulty reasoning or assessment rather than bad luck or external factors: The crash was attributed to pilot judgment error.
Often appears as error in judgment or lapse in judgment, typically acknowledging fault while suggesting the person meant well.
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- bad callErroneous judgment or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- miscalculationError in estimation
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
lapse · snap decision · fallacy · bias · blind spot · flaw · slip · gaffe · folly · rash · jumping to conclusions · hasty · regret · hindsight · cognitive · assumption · prejudice · distortion
judgment errorsound judgment
Wise decision-making ability
good judgment · discernment · insight · wisdom · good call
judgment errorfactual error
Incorrect assertion of fact
calculation error · measurement error · knowledge gap · clerical error · typographical error
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