ill-advised

adj — 2 senses

ill-advised

adj
1

Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.

  • 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.2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
2

Informal Acting unwisely.

  • You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed.1971, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus, page 42:
Derived terms
ill-advisedly

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