verb
- to judge or consider wrongly; to have a mistaken opinion about
Usage: archaic; formal
Examples
- The king misdeemed his advisor’s loyalty and banished him unjustly.
- She misdeemed his silence as indifference when he was actually deeply moved.
- The critics misdeemed the novel as trivial, failing to recognize its deeper themes.
- He misdeemed her intentions and responded with unnecessary hostility.
- The jury misdeemed the evidence and reached an incorrect verdict.
- They misdeemed the situation as hopeless when solutions were still possible.