unadvised

American  

[uhn-uhd-vahyzd] / ˌʌn ədˈvaɪzd /

adjective

1. without advice or counsel; uninformed.

   a defendant unadvised of her legal rights.

2. imprudent; rash; ill-advised.

   He purchased a business with unadvised haste.

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unadvised British  

/ ˌʌnədˈvaɪzd, ˌʌnədˈvaɪzɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. rash or unwise

2. not having received advice

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Other Word Forms

• unadvisedly adverb
• unadvisedness noun

Etymology

Origin of unadvised

First recorded in 1300–50, unadvised is from the Middle English word onavised. See un- ¹, advised

Example Sentences

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

Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

I am aware that my future state here, and hence hereafter, will greatly depend upon the steps I now take, and therefore I would do nothing unadvised or hastily.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter

Here was a young man of twenty years of age, earnestly urging the adoption of a scheme which he had conceived, and which he feared Burghley might consider indiscreet and unadvised.

From The Mystery of Francis Bacon by Smedley, William T.

Uncircumscribed by prudent rules, Or precepts of expensive schools; Abused at home, abroad despised, Unbred, unletter'd, unadvised; The headstrong course of life begun, What comfort from thy darling son?

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John