mistake of judgment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmistakeandjudgment
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mistake
noun[C]
uk/mɪˈsteɪk/us/mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
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judgment
noun
uk/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
the ability to form valuable opinions and make ...
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(Definition ofmistakeandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While he readily confesses to having made serious mistakes of judgment, he will not admit to any grave moral failures.
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That is very true, and mistakes of judgment may create evil in the sense of hardship.
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It is in-evitable that there will be mistakes of judgment.
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It is from their faulty appreciation of the situation and from their mistakes of judgment and action that this grave disaster stems.
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Cannot they remember what has been done in spite of all mistakes of judgment and everything else?
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It is a very good thing that he should admit these mistakes of judgment.
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He said that mistakes in judgment have been committed, that those mistakes of judgment ought not to occur again, and that measures must be taken to prevent them.
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And what is most important for us is that mistakes—inevitable mistakes of judgment—serious mistakes of judgment, under very trying and novel conditions should not be repeated.
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