Meanings
comparative more ill-advised · superlative most ill-advised
- Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.
Ashley Young's ill-advised attempt to dribble out of danger ended in a corner and when Steven Gerrard's delivery was headed goalwards by Daniel Agger, Sturridge deflected it home from virtually on the line.
2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport - informalActing unwisely.
You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed.
1971, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄβουλος
- ἄβουλος (áboulos)carried out without wise counsel
Bulgarian прибързан, необмислен
- прибързан (pribărzan)carried out without wise counsel
- необмислен (neobmislen)carried out without wise counsel
Chinese Mandarin 欠考慮的, 欠考虑的
- 欠考慮的carried out without wise counsel
- 欠考虑的 (qiàn kǎolǜ de)carried out without wise counsel
- 失策的 (shīcè de)carried out without wise counsel
Finnish ajattelematon
- ajattelematoncarried out without wise counsel
German unklug
- unklugcarried out without wise counsel
Greek ασύνετος
- ασύνετος (asýnetos)carried out without wise counsel
Latin inconsultus
- inconsultuscarried out without wise counsel
Polish nierozsądny, nieroztropny
- nierozsądnycarried out without wise counsel
- nieroztropnycarried out without wise counsel
- nierozważnycarried out without wise counsel
Spanish desaconsejado, mal aconsejado
- desaconsejadocarried out without wise counsel
- mal aconsejadoacting unwisely
- aconsejado malamenteacting unwisely
Cite this entry
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