unadvisable

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adjective

Inadvisable.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveunadvisable (comparative more unadvisable, superlative most unadvisable)

comparative more unadvisable · superlative most unadvisable

  1. Inadvisable.

    Will go back there to get it in a week or so, but may find the harvest unadvisable for reasons of security.

    1948, William Burroughs, letter, 5 Jun 1948
    1 more example

    No steps were taken to enforce it, as, from the financial embarrassment of the company and the uncompleted state of the line, litigation was unadvisable.

    1941 June, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 251
  2. archaicUnwilling to take advice.

    Together with pride there will naturally arise an unadvisable and unconvincible spirit.

    1853, John Wesley, edited by John Emory, The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, Volume 1
  3. archaicImprudent.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot prudent or wise; not recommended

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Latinad
  11. Old Frencha
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*widtós
  14. Proto-Italic*wissos
  15. Latinvīsus
  16. Old Frenchvis
  17. Old Frenchavis
  18. Old Frenchaviser
  19. Middle Englishavisen
  20. Proto-Italic*ad
  21. Proto-Italic*ad-
  22. Latinad-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*wéydseti
  25. Proto-Italic*weidsō
  26. Latinvisō
  27. Late Latinadvisō
  28. Englishadvise
  29. Englishadvisable
  30. Englishunadvisable

From un- + advisable.

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