unadvised
Americanadjective
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without advice or counsel; uninformed.
a defendant unadvised of her legal rights.
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imprudent; rash; ill-advised.
He purchased a business with unadvised haste.
adjective
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rash or unwise
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not having received advice
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unadvised
First recorded in 1300–50, unadvised is from the Middle English word onavised. See un- 1, advised
Example Sentences
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It was painfully clear that Sister Irma herself had found the color unsatisfactory and had tried her unadvised, noble best to tone it down somehow.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Now we may easily perceive they are in an evil taking, when they are driven to such an unadvised and desperate answer.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
The shoemaker was a poor man, and needed his money as soon as earned—he was not unadvised of this fact.
From Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Thus, in reality, this unadvised sally of the citizens was the cause of the death of a large number of their countrymen.
From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by William Henry Giles Kingston
The young lancers with eager gaze, fevered face, burst impatiently forward, but advised or unadvised they still needed to obey the strict orders of the commander, who still repeated: “Trot! forward! trot!”
From My First Battle A Sergeant's Story by Jimmy O'Regan
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