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View synonyms for ill-advised

ill-advised

[ il-uhd-vahyzd ]

adjective

  1. acting or done without due consideration; imprudent:

    an ill-advised remark.

    Synonyms: senseless, ill-judged, shortsighted, unwise



ill-advised

adjective

  1. acting without reasonable care or thought

    you would be ill-advised to sell your house now

  2. badly thought out; not or insufficiently considered

    an ill-advised plan of action

“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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Derived Forms

  • ˌill-adˈvisedly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ill-ad·vis·ed·ly [il-, uh, d-, vahy, -zid-lee], adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-advised1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

Gone were the ugly memories of errant throws to the wrong bases or ill-advised cutoffs.

A political divorce from de Blasio by Clinton would be ill-advised, but a de facto trial separation might be worth considering.

Like many other banks in the state, it ran into trouble making ill-advised real-estate loans during the credit bubble.

The American left is very good at turning ferociously on politicians who start ill-advised wars.

She adds that sleeping with the fangs in is ill-advised, for the same reason.

Naples never recovered such political equilibrium as she had possessed before that ill-advised advance.

They are all written down in the proper places where they may be consulted by the enthusiastic or ill-advised student.

Ill-advised though they may have been, the Englishmen carried with them a charter granted by the British Government.

But a few minutes more of reflection induced the youth to do something hardly less dangerous or ill-advised.

It was an ill-advised measure, as are all similar acts of destruction, unless justified by urgent necessity.

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