injudicious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- injudiciously adverb
- injudiciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of injudicious
Explanation
A decision that's not very smart or well thought out can be called injudicious. It would be injudicious to spend your last five dollars on a fancy coffee drink. When you regret something you've done, you might decide in retrospect that it was injudicious. It's injudicious to spread rumors about a friend, because it's not thoughtful. It's also injudicious to ride in a fast-moving car without a seat belt, because it's dangerous. Judicious means "showing good judgment," from the Latin root iudicium, or "judgment."
Vocabulary lists containing injudicious
"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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Example Sentences
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The first was classic Salah, his mere presence seemingly scrambling the mind of Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, whose injudicious dash from goal was enough for Liverpool’s marksman to swoop.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024
And maybe “astonishing” isn’t the right word; Alito has shown himself to be thin-skinned and injudicious before.
From Washington Post • May 2, 2023
Part of skirting such Big Brother territory is avoiding injudicious surveillance: not simply ingesting all data that’s available and legal, regardless of its proven utility.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022
“It’s time . . .” was an injudicious headline for the front page of the sports section.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2020
"Our injudicious friend Herrero has some word for us," he said.
From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold
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