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second-guess

[sek-uhnd-ges]

verb (used with object)

  1. to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.

  2. to predict (something) or outguess (someone).

    We must try to second-guess what he'll do next.



second-guess

verb

  1. to criticize or evaluate with hindsight

  2. to attempt to anticipate or predict (a person or thing)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • second-guesser noun
  • ˈ𳦴DzԻ-ˈܱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of second-guess1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

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He also bristled at the second-guessing over whether Biden should have stepped aside earlier, saying that his children and grandchildren don't care about the former president's choice.

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Someday we Americans may stop quarreling over our response to the COVID-19 pandemic — lockdown orders, social distancing and so forth — but one category of debate may never become immune to second-guessing.

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In its appeal, the Trump administration said the decision issued Wednesday by a lower trade court had improperly second-guessed the president and threatened to unravel months of hard-fought negotiations.

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I’m still second-guessing my decision to accept the charity.

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Climate deniers often point to the unanswered — or unanswerable — questions about climate change and insist those are good reasons to wait, to second-guess, to preserve the status quo.

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