error of judgement

collocation in English

meaningsoferrorandjudgment

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations witherror.
error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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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 oferrorandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoferror of judgement

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I am convinced that this is anerrorofjudgement.
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What is even more serious is that thiserrorofjudgementis in danger of guiding us towards the wrong solutions.
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That was anerrorofjudgement, and not of legality.
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This undoubtedly was anerrorofjudgement.
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This blatant interference is compounded by anerrorofjudgement, since the legislation in question is aimed at protecting fundamental rights, particularly those of women, and not at undermining them.
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Maybe it was anerrorofjudgementon my part.
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The stewards note that the team conceded the action was an extremely serious mistake and anerrorofjudgement.
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Satrajit felt shy and ashamed to receive it as he had realised hiserrorofjudgementand his greediness.
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However, this failure alone did not cause the accident which was caused by loss of speed and consequent loss of control through anerrorofjudgementof the pilot.
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And thirdly, major blunders or errors of judgement that have grave consequences.
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Its function is twofold: it bedims the discernment of truth, prevents the discernment of reality, and it creates anerrorofjudgementor leads to wrong knowledge (mithya jnana).
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Carr has since pulled out of the scheme, apologising for a terribleerrorofjudgement.
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They are not to blame for my remaining errors of judgement.
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Failure to keep abreast could lead to errors of judgement, and the loss of both empathy with the multiple clients and of ability to meet her own stringent targets.
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Callaghan's failure to call an election during 1978 was widely seen as a political miscalculation; indeed, he himself later admitted that not calling an election was anerrorofjudgement.
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If the lines, which were presented individually, were shown without any category label, then errors of judgement tended to be random.
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These are a series of terrible errors of judgement.
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He said that he was deeply sorry that his own errors of judgement had caused so much pain.
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