ill-advised

adjective

ill-ad·​vised ˌil-əd-ˈvīzd How to pronounce ill-advised (audio)
: resulting from or showing lack of wise and sufficient counsel or deliberation
an ill-advised decision
ill-advisedly adverb

Examples of ill-advised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Driving through extreme weather is especially ill-advised and can, of course, be treacherous. Joe Difazio, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024 Over the weekend, social media platforms were flooded with sightings of Vision Pro users out in the wild, oftentimes in odd, unusual, and downright ill-advised situations. Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024 When Boeing faced similarly protracted regulatory reviews before, some of Calhoun’s predecessors of were ill-advised to hide behind exceedingly vague, impersonal legalese in deference to regulators and investigators–which did not end well. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024 Towns scored 62 points, but put forth one of his worst defensive efforts of the season and took some ill-advised — to put it mildly — shots in the second half. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024 The GOP would be ill-advised to throw itself into the arms of Donald Trump again, even as the party seems determined to do it. The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024 Many residents saw the wall as unnecessary and ill-advised, and when President Biden took office and ordered a halt to construction, Ms. Alvarez and others in this rugged, mostly rural South Texas borderland believed the project was over. J. David Goodman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023 Holding free and fair elections in wartime is virtually impossible and also ill-advised, according to Ukrainian officials, election experts and democracy advocates. John Hudson, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023 This also makes right turns from northbound Lee Road onto eastbound Cedar Road ill-advised at that pinch point. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1593, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ill-advised was circa 1593

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“Ill-advised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-advised. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

ill-advised

adjective
ill-ad·​vised
ˌil-əd-ˈvīzd
: showing bad advice or too little thinking ahead
an ill-advised decision
ill-advisedly
-ˈvī-zəd-lē
adverb

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