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second-guess
[sek-uhnd-ges]
verb (used with object)
to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
to predict (something) or outguess (someone).
We must try to second-guess what he'll do next.
second-guess
verb
to criticize or evaluate with hindsight
to attempt to anticipate or predict (a person or thing)
Other 51Թ Forms
- second-guesser noun
- ˈDzԻ-ˈܱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of second-guess1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
I’m still second-guessing my decision to accept the charity.
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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