wrong call
Referee's costly error
A wrong call is a mistaken judgment or decision, especially one made under pressure.
The phrase comes from sports officiating—an umpire or referee making an incorrect ruling—but extends to any situation where someone in authority misjudges: The doctor made the wrong call on the diagnosis.
A wrong call often implies the decision was defensible at the time but turned out badly.
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- errorFault in communication
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- bad decisionPoor judgment call
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- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- misjudgingmisjudging, miscalculation, snap judgment, prejudice, assumption
- research errorsmeasurement error, sampling error, systematic error, selection bias, confirmation bias
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- misunderstandingsmisunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, misreading, miscommunication