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
But the step I have taken, sir, allow me to say, although it may appear unadvised, has not been so in reality.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
Now, the means of warlike enterprise, as well as of unadvised embroilment, is always in the last analysis the patriotic spirit of the nation.
From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein
The unadvised, ordinary people wiped the sweat from their foreheads and said it must be the heat.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver
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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