misjudgments
Errors in assessment
Misjudgments are errors in evaluating a situation, person, or decision.
The word implies a failure of perception or reasoning rather than bad luck: A series of misjudgments led to the company's collapse.
One misjudges character, timing, distances, or risks.
The British spelling is misjudgements.
Unintended wrong actions
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- miscalculationsErrors in computation
- oversightsFailures to notice
- slip-upsCareless small mistakes
gaffes · lapses · missteps · faults · bungles · botches · miscues · flubs
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
profiling · snap judgments · preconceptions · assumptions · unfairness · prejudgment · first impressions · unconscious bias
Judging below true value
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
- discountingReducing prices offered
misgauging · undervaluing · selling short · writing off · blind spots · complacency · taking for granted · underappreciation
Unjustified certainty in oneself
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- overreachExceed one's capacity
miscalculation · misgauging · overrating · overvaluation · false confidence · bad bet
Indirect results of actions
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftermathResults following an event
- damageHarm or impairment
setbacks · wrongful convictions · missed opportunities · lost credibility · regret · harm · injustice · miscarriages
mistakes
Unintended wrong actions
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- miscalculationsErrors in computation
- oversightsFailures to notice
slip-ups · gaffes · lapses · missteps · faults · bungles · botches · miscues · flubs · misreadings
stereotyping
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
bigotry · profiling · snap judgments · preconceptions · assumptions · unfairness · prejudgment · first impressions · unconscious bias · implicit bias
underrating
Judging below true value
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
discounting · misgauging · undervaluing · selling short · writing off · blind spots · complacency · taking for granted · underappreciation · shortsightedness
overconfidence
Unjustified certainty in oneself
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- presumptionBelief held without proof
overreach · miscalculation · misgauging · overrating · overvaluation · false confidence · bad bet
repercussions
Indirect results of actions
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftermathResults following an event
damage · setbacks · wrongful convictions · missed opportunities · lost credibility · regret · harm · injustice · miscarriages · unfair treatment
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- thinking errorsad hominem, straw man, slippery slope, confirmation bias, sunk cost fallacy
- nonproblemsnonissues, trifles, trivia, molehills, false alarms
misjudgmentsgood judgment
sound judgment · discernment · sagacity · wisdom · perspicacity