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inadvisable

[in-uhd-vahy-zuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.

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inadvisable

/ ˌɪəˈɪəə /

adjective

  1. not advisable; not recommended

  2. unwise; imprudent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • inadvisability noun
  • inadvisableness noun
  • inadvisably adverb
  • ˌԲˌˈٲ noun
  • ˌԲˈ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inadvisable1

First recorded in 1865–70; in- 3 + advisable
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Another is a corollary to the first, which is that it may be inadvisable to panic over a short-term Trump-driven downdraft in the markets.

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He will have the option to address the judge at his sentencing hearing though he is not required to do so, and some legal experts have said it would be inadvisable for him to speak.

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Sitting down with leaders of one political party “who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the court,” he wrote, would only underscore that “such a meeting would be inadvisable.”

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For any elite mountaineer, it would be a daunting, perilous and most likely inadvisable undertaking.

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Prof Fleming replied: "I would say it would be inadvisable, but if you have to then keep your baby inside your coat."

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