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
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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
Baruch I swear to thee that I did it unadvised.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig
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
The unadvised, ordinary people wiped the sweat from their foreheads and said it must be the heat.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Stuart Oliver Henry
Lord John yielded to his chief, but in doing so brought upon himself a good deal of angry criticism, which was intensified by an unadvised declaration in the House of Commons.
From Lord John Russell by Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid
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