injudicious

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in·ju·di·cious | \ ˌin-jü-ˈdi-shəs

Definition of injudicious

: not judicious : indiscreet, unwise injudicious outbursts

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He made several injudicious comments to the press. lost a job because of an injudicious comment regarding the boss's toupee

Recent Examples on the Web The protests began in June over another legal issue: legislation allowing the extradition of criminal defendants into the opaque and notoriously injudicious judicial system of the mainland. — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, "In Warning to Hong Kong’s Courts, China Shows Who Is Boss," 20 Nov. 2019 Interpreting the Qur’an exclusively by reference to its text without invoking outside or later sources is injudicious and unhistorical. . — Christopher Carroll, WSJ, "The Crescent Rising," 4 Oct. 2017 To hardware grognards, the dangers of injudicious firmware fiddling are well-known but Apple’s made the process of updating simple and straightforward — at least for those who toe the line. — Rob Beschizza, WIRED, "What The Hack? iPhone Hacking Terms Explained," 14 Oct. 2007 One wonders whether Sen. Schumer would characterize the injudicious comments of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about presidential candidate Donald Trump last year as falling within the mainstream. — WSJ, "Enlighten Us, What Is Mainstream Today?," 16 Feb. 2017

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