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
Well, do not swear; although I joy in thee, I have no joy in this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,” &c.
From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Other hands are fidgety and unadvised, with nervous, fussy fingers which indicate a nature sensitive to the little pricks of daily life.
From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen
Exhausted and unadvised, most of the men sought refuge from the fearful cold by crawling unbrushed into their frozen sleeping-bags, without even removing their boots let alone their socks.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
I cannot help it, Helen: you have brought this pain on yourself by your very unadvised visit of this morning.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs
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