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.
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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.
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Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
Doing anything to affect his production at the plate would be inadvisable.
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Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
Some of the locomotion strategies used would be inadvisable with the real Atlas.
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Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 July 2013
See All Example Sentences for inadvisable
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.
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvisable
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Realbotix said the platform includes education-specific safety controls, district oversight, and safeguards designed to prevent inappropriate responses.
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That meant that anybody who’s doing anything that could be called terrorism, including eco terrorists, however inappropriate the term, was going to be a target.
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
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To be fair, those imprudent claims were made without the benefit of seeing this evidence.
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Experts say a lack of access to information and improper staff training are major barriers for blind travelers.
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Although Ashley had alleged things like malice, ill-will and improper motives by Adam, that still fell short of proving that Adam knew that his statements were false.
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And given this context, Anthropic’s actions are viewed by many within Washington as not simply unwise, but actively antagonistic.
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For their part, do politicians and agency leaders like it when their pet projects are assessed by intelligence as unwise or infeasible?
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
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So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.
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Smaller seats, less legroom, meals on a budget, and now someone whispering indiscreet sweet nothings to their lover in my ear.
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The one part of the paper that’ll have to worry most about hurt celebrity feelings, of course, is Page Six, the Post’s gleefully indiscreet gossip column.
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But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly.
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White can believe Hokit said something stupid and still believe fighters should be allowed to speak for themselves.
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Still, multitasking can lead to careless errors, irritability or burnout, so take it easy.
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Sell the two at much the same price, and careful investors end up holding careless risk.
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“Inadvisable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvisable. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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