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unadvisable

  • a word derived from advisable.
    advisable
    adjective
    proper to be suggested or recommended; desirable or wise, as a course of action.

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“With inflation above target and the risks to the outlook evenly balanced, I believe it would be unadvisable to lower the rate into accommodative territory at this time,” Musalem said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

Specific forward guidance, as provided for years, is now viewed as unadvisable given global economic uncertainties.

From Reuters Aug. 27, 2022

"Two people in a boat in a region like that, completely wild - it's an unadvisable adventure. Anything can happen," Bolsonaro said, according to AFP news agency.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2022

You were about to have your fourth, even though your doctor had said it was unadvisable.

From Slate Oct. 26, 2020

And here, I think, it will not be unadvisable to pause for a moment, and endeavour to ascertain what misconceived truth lay at the root of this fatal tenet.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky