ill-advised

English

Adjective

ill-advised (comparative more ill-advised, superlative most ill-advised)

1. Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

     Ashley Young's ill-advised attempt to dribble out of danger ended in a corner and when Steven Gerrard's delivery was headed goalwards by Daniel Agger, Sturridge deflected it home from virtually on the line.

2. (informal) Acting unwisely.
   • 1971, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus, page 42:

     You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed.

Derived terms

• ill-advisedly

Translations

carried out without wise counsel

Bulgarian: прибързан (bg) (pribǎrzan), необмислен (bg) (neobmislen) Chinese: Mandarin: 欠考慮的, 欠考虑的 (qiàn kǎolǜ de), 失策的 (zh) (shīcè de) Finnish: ajattelematon (fi) German: unklug (de) Greek: ασύνετος (el) (asýnetos) Ancient: ἄβουλος (áboulos) Latin: inconsultus Pohnpeian: kaweidsuwed Polish: nierozsądny (pl), nieroztropny, nierozważny (pl) Spanish: desaconsejado (es)

acting unwisely

Spanish: mal aconsejado, aconsejado malamente