verb
- judged or considered wrongly; misjudged
Usage: archaic; past tense and past participle of misdeem
Examples
- The knight was misdeemed a coward by those who did not witness his brave deeds.
- She had misdeemed his intentions and later realized her error.
- The scholar’s work was misdeemed worthless until centuries later.
- He misdeemed her silence as agreement when she was actually opposed.
- The ancient text was misdeemed a forgery by early historians.