error in judgment
noun phrase
: a poor decision
The company has admitted that it made an error in judgment in trying to expand too quickly.
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There’s not much Stevenson could have said that would have accounted for his error in judgment — a nice way of putting it — on the game’s final play.
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
What felt like an error in judgment has paid off tremendously for Rappaport.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 19 July 2024
As Dan, Jackson mirrors Douglas’s smooth charisma — that type of cis, white male confidence that ensures any error in judgment will be cleaned up after or simply disappear on their own.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2023
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
What felt like an error in judgment has paid off tremendously for Rappaport.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 19 July 2024
As Dan, Jackson mirrors Douglas’s smooth charisma — that type of cis, white male confidence that ensures any error in judgment will be cleaned up after or simply disappear on their own.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2023
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“Error in judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/error%20in%20judgment. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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