ill-advised

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ill-advised

adjective more ill-advised · most ill-advised

  1. 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.
  2. informal Acting unwisely. You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed.

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adj carried out without wise counsel

Españoldesaconsejado
中文欠考慮的, 欠考虑的 qiàn kǎolǜ de, 失策的 shīcè de
Deutschunklug
Ελληνικάασύνετος asýnetos

adj acting unwisely

Españolmal aconsejado, aconsejado malamente

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@misc{ill_advised_2026,
  title = {ill-advised},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-advised},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}