prejudgment.

An opinion or decision formed before enough facts are known or considered.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• avoid prejudgment
• a prejudgment of the case

On the page

The panel delayed its public response to avoid any appearance of prejudgment.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular prejudgment; plural prejudgments. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation, character. Commonness: moderately common.