prejudge
verb
pre·judge
(ˌ)prē-ˈjəj 
prejudged; prejudging; prejudges
: to judge before hearing or before full and sufficient examination
prejudger
noun
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Officials complain that some reporters have prejudged the outcome of the investigation.
She was wrong for prejudging him.
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But the court would not prejudge the fairness of the proceedings agreed to by Flores in his contract (the New York Knicks recently lost a challenge to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s authority for the same reason).
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Chris Deubert, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
On one side, a team of older players, some in their fifth year of college, some with a championship ring in their possession, willing to be open to a freshman with a big-time reputation, not prejudge him as being all those things Diarra talked about.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
Roys said Republican members of the committee appeared to want the nominees to prejudge cases that could come before them.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
In asking for Chutkan to recuse herself earlier this month, Trump’s lawyers said the veteran jurist appeared to have prejudged the former president’s guilt, citing her statements when sentencing two defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
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Chris Deubert, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
On one side, a team of older players, some in their fifth year of college, some with a championship ring in their possession, willing to be open to a freshman with a big-time reputation, not prejudge him as being all those things Diarra talked about.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
Roys said Republican members of the committee appeared to want the nominees to prejudge cases that could come before them.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
In asking for Chutkan to recuse herself earlier this month, Trump’s lawyers said the veteran jurist appeared to have prejudged the former president’s guilt, citing her statements when sentencing two defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Prejudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prejudge. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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