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Recent Examples of injudicious So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above. James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024 What The Meng Episode Means (1): Is Huawei A Tool of The CCP? Meng’s release, and injudicious remarks, do not bode well for Huawei. George Calhoun, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 Pam Anderson wasn’t a bad girl, per se, just a bit injudicious. John Anderson, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022 In a world like this one — where crisis is constant and power seems increasingly concentrated in a few injudicious hands — can words and art really matter? Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Liverpool committed some injudicious and unnecessary fouls. New York Times, 28 May 2022 His declaration on July Fourth that the worst of the Covid-19 nightmare was over now appears just as injudicious as his pledge that there would be a safe and deliberate pullout from Afghanistan. Stephen Collinson and Shelby Rose, CNN, 29 Aug. 2021 Yet Rollins is the one being accused of being injudicious. BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021 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, 20 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injudicious
Adjective
  • Trump, who has painted past legal cases against him as an improper political use of law enforcement, has in a number of instances called for probes of his foes.
    Sarah N. Lynch, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The report alleges a range of major violations plaguing St. Hope Public Schools — including conflicts of interests among its top officers, improper use of public funding, deficient accounting processes and the employment of a largely unqualified teaching staff.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • But lingering beneath the surface of his success, Favre had a pattern of inappropriate behavior off the field, including a high-profile tabloid scandal that erupted in 2010, and most recently, the largest case of public fraud in Mississippi’s history.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • As the rebel Jen (Michelle Williams) comes to town, and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) carries on an inappropriate relationship with his teacher, that turns out to be the case. 23.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • She was officially charged with a DUI and DWI, 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.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • However, in almost one-third of states, including California and New York, annually spending more than 7% of an endowment’s fair market value, measured by a three-year average, is presumed to be imprudent.
    Ellen P. Aprill, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Hill initially received two tickets for careless driving and not wearing a seat belt, they were dismissed after the officer who cited him didn’t show up to the Miami-Dade traffic hearing.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
  • Of those fires, 90% were caused by careless human activity, the agency said.
    Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Hegseth’s indiscreet texts also pose serious intelligence risks.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • If this text had been received by someone hostile to American interests—or someone merely indiscreet, and with access to social media—the Houthis would have had time to prepare for what was meant to be a surprise attack on their strongholds.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • On the dark side, Mercury in Sagittarius can be overly blunt and tactless in communication.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Rian Johnson’s intricate script thrived on detailed dissections of its rich and awful suspects, including plenty of pointed jabs at Hudson’s oblivious model and tactless brand ambassador — two titles Hudson herself has held.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • On its face, putting the regular season’s best teams in jeopardy of being knocked out before the CFP even starts seems unwise.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Even the most careful drivers can have a bad day, moment, or make an unwise decision.
    LyssaNoel Frater, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The phrasing was indelicate, but the idea that Canada lacks a cohesive identity is not a novel proposition.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Advertisement The president-elect’s style — brash, indelicate and pugilistic — is distilled in his son.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024

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“Injudicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injudicious. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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