injudicious

[ in-joo-dish-uhs ]

/ ˌɪn dʒuˈdɪʃ əs /

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adjective

not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.

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Origin of injudicious

First recorded in 1640–50; in-³ + judicious

OTHER WORDS FROM injudicious

in·ju·di·cious·ly, adverbin·ju·di·cious·ness, noun

Words nearby injudicious

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How to use injudicious in a sentence

The business world provides us with numerous examples of beliefs that are as widespread as they are injudicious, or misinformed.
Ignorant America|Tunku Varadarajan|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Lynn saw that his remark was injudicious, and endeavoured to atone for it, by the most delicate assiduity of attention.
Alone|Marion Harland
To soil either would be injudicious, impolitic, and she never desired the injudicious and impolitic.
The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
And for this they would have had to thank their injudicious champions in both Houses of Parliament.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various

She was no private character; it was, therefore, an injudicious resistance of his authority.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I|Francis Augustus Cox
This injudicious speech was duly reported to the marquis, who, stung to the quick, quitted the lady for ever.
Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams

British Dictionary definitions for injudicious

injudicious

/ (ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəs) /

adjective

not discreet; imprudent

Derived forms of injudicious

injudiciously, adverbinjudiciousness, noun

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