prejudge

Verb

Meaning

To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

judge err measure damage accept affect decide harm bias suppose undermine prejudice conceive anticipate discriminate
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Antonyms

use justice advantage improve balance benefit
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Hypernyms

judge evaluate pass judgment

Related terms

judge adjudge abjudge

Derivatives

prejudged prejudging

Examples

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes. John Locke

I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I will have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials. Howard Dean

O if thou knew'st how thou thyself dost harm, And dost prejudge thy bliss, and spoil my rest; Then thou would'st melt the ice out of thy breast And thy relenting heart would kindly warm. William Alexander

Not prejudge others – not decide their value before knowing them. Ben Carson

I do not intend to prejudge the past. William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

I don't prejudge issues. I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me. Sonia Sotomayor

Close letter words and terms

Prejean prejoined prejournalistic prejudgement prejudger prejudgment