injudicious
not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
Origin of injudicious
1Other words from injudicious
- in·ju·di·cious·ly, adverb
- in·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.
Lynn saw that his remark was injudicious, and endeavoured to atone for it, by the most delicate assiduity of attention.
Alone | Marion HarlandTo soil either would be injudicious, impolitic, and she never desired the injudicious and impolitic.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanAnd for this they would have had to thank their injudicious champions in both Houses of Parliament.
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
/ (ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəs) /
not discreet; imprudent
Derived forms of injudicious
- injudiciously, adverb
- injudiciousness, noun
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