unadvised
Americanadjective
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without advice or counsel; uninformed.
a defendant unadvised of her legal rights.
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imprudent; rash; ill-advised.
He purchased a business with unadvised haste.
adjective
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rash or unwise
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not having received advice
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unadvised
First recorded in 1300–50, unadvised is from the Middle English word onavised. See un- 1, advised
Example Sentences
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It was painfully clear that Sister Irma herself had found the color unsatisfactory and had tried her unadvised, noble best to tone it down somehow.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
My success has been more frequent in opposition than in carrying any proposition of my own, and I hope I have been instrumental in arresting many unadvised purposes and projects.
From John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
Baruch I swear to thee that I did it unadvised.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
The young lancers with eager gaze, fevered face, burst impatiently forward, but advised or unadvised they still needed to obey the strict orders of the commander, who still repeated: “Trot! forward! trot!”
From My First Battle A Sergeant's Story by O'Regan, Jimmy
Ingleby has done perfectly right to "call me to account" for a rash and unadvised assertion, in saying that we must interpolate been in the passage in King Henry VIII.,
From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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