inadvisability

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noun

The quality or state of being inadvisable.

“I had been warned of the inadvisability of disturbing sleeping dogs, so it did not surprise me when the wakened dog snarled at me.”

Similar
foolhardinessimproprietyimprudenceinjudiciousnessrashness
Opposite
advisability
OriginEnglish advisability ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nouninadvisability (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being inadvisable.

    I had been warned of the inadvisability of disturbing sleeping dogs, so it did not surprise me when the wakened dog snarled at me.

    Synonyms: foolhardiness, impropriety, imprudence, injudiciousness, rashness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality or state of being inadvisable.

Similar
foolhardinessimproprietyimprudenceinjudiciousnessrashness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being ill-advised

Opposite
advisability
Broader
badbadness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishadvisability
  8. Englishinadvisability

From in- + advisability.

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APA

inadvisability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadvisability

MLA

“inadvisability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadvisability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inadvisability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inadvisability.

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