is being UNFAIRLY JUDGED and FAIRLY MISJUDGED the same?

Question

like PROPERLY MISUNDERSTOOD and IMPROPERLY UNDERSTOOD?

Answer 1

'Fairly' as an adjective can be either 'just' (as in justice) or 'somewhat' (as in a little bit). However the second meaning can't be used in the negative. So 'unfairly judged' would mean that that it was unjust or biased. 'Fairly misjudged' could mean that you only misjudged a little bit.

As far as the second pair, they would different also. 'Properly misunderstood' would mean that you have a reason to misunderstand something. (for example tricked into thinking the wrong thing) 'Improperly understood' just means that you made a mistake in understanding.

Isn't English fun? (please not the sarcasm) I'm an English teacher and the shades of meanings are endless. (both frustrating and fun)

Answer 2

Another Thought-Provoking Question Enki!
Hmmm...let's just evaluate this.
Unfairly Judged... what does that mean? That you are judged not rightly. You are judged not as justificationaly as any other individual. So... you have been unfairly judged.
Next...Fairly...but misjudged. Well...that is what you call...you know... a mistake. We are humans. We make mistakes. So as far as Fairly misjudged goes...it is a mistake. Something that is not intentional.
But being Unfairly judged...is intentional. You are not getting the chance to be shown who you really and it's out of control from you.
Being fair...but in the sense also misjudged...is something that can be fixed. Because it was a mistake.
And as you said like properly misunderstood...to be another form of fairly misjudged and improperly understood to be another form of unfairly judged.
So no....from my perspective...they are two seprate things.

Answer 3

Consider the context where Individual A judges Individual B.
Fairly misjudged is if Individual B misrepresents themself
and Individual A fairly interprets the representation without
knowing that the representation was inaccurate.
Unfairly judged is if Individual B represents themself and
Individual A unfairly interprets the representation with
knowing that the interpretation is biased.
The properly misunderstood and improperly understood
follows a similar pattern where each of the Individuals
becomes the manifestation of one part of the two word
classification.

Answer 4

I'd interpret "unfairly judged" as a miscarriage of justice and serious. "Fairly misjudged" to me means the judgement was only incorrect around the edges. Similarly, "properly misunderstood" though a probable misuse of "properly" could imply thoroughly misunderstood (of alternatively, if used in a comedic sense, misunderstood by someone primarily concerned with the "proper" or conventional rules of behavior). "Improperly understood" would imply partial understanding only. But I'm a fusspot with words. No two mean exactly the same and that goes for phrases too. That's why Roget's Thesaurus can be a great aid to exact thinking.

Answer 5

The phrases "fairly misjudged" and "properly misunderstood" don't mean anything (to me, anyway).

Instead of "fairly misjudged," could you mean "understandably misjudged," like if someone judged you correctly, but based on wrong information?

And for "properly misunderstood," how about "reasonably misunderstood"? Same explanation as above.

Maybe someone will come up with better phrases for you.

Answer 6

I think its unfair in either case we should never judge period but we all do! I think that communication is the key to understanding won another and respect and listening to others and their points of views. I think we have to listen so we are not unfairly misjudged and to communicate in clear terms where others understand exactly what we mean. If we are selfish and have no emapthy for others we will never understand anything the point is we need to know where people are coming from when they say certain things to us and know their intentions & communicate with the knowledge we are given to clear understanding. We all come into this world the same way and we are all going out of it the same way no one is better then another whether your celebrity or a everyday ordinary person we are all human and no one should be idolized we all make mistakes life is hard enough to live everyday without others passing judgements keep going and ignore the popular opinion such is the beauty of love life laughter and friendship in the pursit to better our lives with knowledge of one another and the world :)))

Answer 7

It would be nice for a person to accept your testimony about yourself since you know yourself the best, but fairly misjudged at least has the potential to become correct. If a person is fair and objective, there's always a possibility of them coming to a semi-correct view. There must be some intellectual honesty for them to be fair so there's hope. The unfair judge doesn't care at all or doesn't fathom how far away they are from the correct perspective of you, and also refuses to acknowledge the possibility of error. If I'm going to be misunderstood, I'd rather it come from someone who was trying to understand.

Answer 8

To be unfairly judged is usually a legal term. And therefore to be misjudged is usually a personality term.

One is unfairly judged because he or she was accused of doing/saying or putting into action and that course of action then lead to an unfair conclusion by those on the out side.

misjudged, can be a number of things but it mostly is in appearance and personality, in job and performance, in sports and ability.

Answer 9

Quite confusing! If you're misjudged then it can never be fairly, can it?! Actually unfairly judged equals to misjudge! So I'm sorry but for the first time ever I haven't been able to understand your question! (OK maybe the second time!) :-)

Answer 10

Unfairly judged means, when a person is judged for something he/she did not do. fairly misjudged, is when a person was judged on the basis of its character, and was misjudged, solely on its character basis. I hope I am right.