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inadvisable definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable" [syn: inadvisable, unadvisable] [ant: advisable]
2: not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1870 not advisable ; not wise or prudent <inadvisable haste> • inadvisability noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not advisable. Derivatives: inadvisability n. Etymology: ADVISABLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inadvisable In`ad*vis"a*ble, a. Not advisable. -- In`ad*vis"a*ble*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A course of action that is inadvisable should not be carried out because it is not wise or sensible. For three days, it was inadvisable to leave the harbour. = unwise ? advisable ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf

Moby Thesaurus

bad, careless, foolhardy, foolish, futile, harebrained, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, imprudent, inappropriate, inapt, incautious, incongruous, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, insensate, irrational, mal a propos, malapropos, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic, out of place, pointless, rash, reasonless, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unadvised, unbefitting, unconsidered, undesirable, undiscerning, unfit, unfitting, unforeseeing, unfortunate, unhappy, unmeet, unprofitable, unreasonable, unreflecting, unreflective, unseasonable, unseeing, unseemly, unsensible, unsound, unsuitable, unthinking, unthoughtful, untimely, unwise, witless, wrong