思おもいがち

expression

apt to think; tend to think

Used to describe a tendency to think or assume something, often with a negative or mistaken connotation. Follows the stem of a verb or a noun.

• 人ひとは見みかけで判はん断だんしがちだが、それは思おもいがちな間ま違ちがいだ。

  People tend to judge by appearances, but that is a mistake they are apt to make.

• 若わかいときは、何なんでも自じ分ぶんでできると思おもいがちだ。

  When you're young, you tend to think you can do everything yourself.