inadvisable

adjective

ˌi-nəd-ˈvī-zə-bəl How to pronounce inadvisable (audio)
Definition of inadvisablenext
as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations it's inadvisable to have public arguments in the hallways

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Recent Examples of inadvisable The Beers Criteria, a directory of drugs often deemed inadvisable for older adults, recently published recommendations for alternative medications and nonpharmacological treatments for frequent problems. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 Messner’s name would come up repeatedly on Ojos, as a shorthand for either the pure or the inadvisable approach to our expedition. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025 Doing anything to affect his production at the plate would be inadvisable. — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025 Some of the locomotion strategies used would be inadvisable with the real Atlas. — Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2013 See All Example Sentences for inadvisable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvisable
  1. inappropriate
  2. imprudent
  3. improper
  4. unwise
  5. injudicious
  6. indiscreet
  7. stupid
  8. careless
Adjective
  • The siblings-in-law addressed comments from Alli McBee suggesting their relationship had been inappropriate.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Students also need to learn when AI use is inappropriate, when a primary source has to be read directly and when a judgment is too consequential to delegate.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of inappropriate
Adjective
  • The itinerants were all a bit peculiar, capable of making imprudent choices.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • And this is Minsky’s point, that speculative excesses during euphoric, transformative periods result in imprudent financing, fragility, and instability.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of imprudent
Adjective
  • Critics of Medicaid expansion argued that increasing the number of people who could get health insurance through the program would increase fraud and improper enrollment.
    — Ben Zdencanovic, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The conservative Paragon Health Institute’s president, Brian Blase, wrote in a recent webpost that the HHS report’s conclusion on the scope of improper enrollment is likely an undercount.
    — Julie Appleby, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of improper
Adjective
  • There is a desire for Forest to play with more intensity and higher up the pitch, but the new staff recognise that asking for too much change too quickly would be unwise.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Needless to say, that would have been unwise for a city with a credit rating perched precariously just above junk status.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of unwise
Adjective
  • And again, many of the reforms backfired or proved injudicious, but some of them remain powerful to this day.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of injudicious
Adjective
  • Smaller seats, less legroom, meals on a budget, and now someone whispering indiscreet sweet nothings to their lover in my ear.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026
  • The most successful and lucrative family vlogs are indiscreet almost by definition—and yet the wrong kind of indiscretion can derail the whole gravy train.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of indiscreet
Adjective
  • Parametric modeling, especially when weighted down with decades of AutoCAD’s stupid UI/UX choices, was even harder than programming.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • The simplest explanation is that Vance believes his voters are stupid.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Jaynes pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage of more than $10,000 and a traffic violation of careless and prohibited driving.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2026
  • Myers, however, threw a careless hit that concussed Matty Beniers during his rookie campaign, and Kraken fans have long remembered that sequence.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of careless

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