error of judgment
collocation in Englishmeaningsoferrorandjudgment
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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)
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Imagine that a neurophysiologist is making observations at the neural level of description relevant to understanding how and why thiserrorofjudgmentoccurs.
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Many others, however, are perfectly decent, ordinary citizens who are guilty of oneerrorofjudgment, or sometimes of technical errors.
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They did not expect theirerrorofjudgmentto result in their death.
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I have mentioned errors of judgment; perhaps it was anerrorofjudgmenton my part to support his candidacy.
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I feel that that is anerrorofjudgment.
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Let us assume that it is acknowledged to be anerrorofjudgmentto have shown those films on television.
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No-one deliberately suppressed it—anerrorofjudgmentwas, however, clearly made.
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The second says that anerrorofjudgmentis not necessarily negligence.
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He committed a grievouserrorofjudgment, but has behaved honourably in his resignation.
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We recognise that he has many calls upon his time, but it was anerrorofjudgmentnot to stay to make a statement.
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I believe that that was a very graveerrorofjudgment.
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Anerrorofjudgmentis not a crime.
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I said it was not only speed; it was a question oferrorofjudgmentas well; the two work together.
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I agree on that point, although speed in itself is very often anerrorofjudgment—speed in the wrong circumstances.
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The driver of that crane could, by anerrorofjudgment, cause serious accidents to his colleagues and others.
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I trust that they will now see that their hopes and forecasts have been mistaken througherrorofjudgmenton their part.
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The danger of speed is that it allows no margin forerrorofjudgment.
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But what effective supervision is there in civil aircraft today, when a smallerrorofjudgmentmay be disastrous?
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He said that it was a very seriouserrorofjudgment.
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Indeed, this was anerrorofjudgment.
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It was anerrorofjudgment.
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This was anerrorofjudgment.
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It was a graveerrorofjudgment.
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Were they anerrorofjudgment?
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Anyerrorofjudgmentof this kind would mean the disastrous continuation of unemployment.
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