ill-advised
adjective
acting or done without due consideration; imprudent.
ill-advisedly
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a word derived from
ill-advised.
Example Sentences
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But, under the First Amendment, do these students have a right to exercise their personal views in a public forum, even if ill-advisedly, just as Kirk’s followers have a right to publicly mourn him?
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2025
After Brown’s interception, the team drove to the 3 before a costly personal foul on Kenneth Walker III and a Smith interception when he ill-advisedly threw into double coverage in the end zone.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
The earth recovers, as does the moon; and the lizard comes back as a man who in time also ill-advisedly eats the moon.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Videographer Declan Sullivan died in October 2010 after he fell from a platform in a practice held ill-advisedly in considerable wind.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
I’d ill-advisedly bought new white sneakers to wear on the trip, and within a day, after all the pushing we did, they’d turned reddish brown, stained with the cinnamon-hued dust of Nairobi.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
