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Definition of Ill-advised
1. Adjective. Without careful prior deliberation or counsel. "Took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"
Definition of Ill-advised
1. Adjective. Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-advised
Literary usage of Ill-advised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1859)
"NEUTRALITY ENDANGERED BT GREAT BRITAIN—HER ill-advised MEASURES—DETECTION OF
VESSELS BOUND FOR FRANCE—IMPRESSMENT OF AMERICAN SEAMEN—PERSISTENCE IN HOLDING ..."
2. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Chapter IX Karl van Beethoven—A Wayward Ward and an Unwise Guardian—Beethoven
and His Nephew—An ill-advised Foster-father and a Graceless, ..."
3. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"... no doubt, with a mistaken sense of over-mastering duty, he was led to perpetrate
the most ill-advised and regretable action of his life—the publication, ..."
4. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"I flatter myself that these marks of regard will be understood by the patriots,
and will destroy any prepossessions which the ill-advised language of Mr. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"convened, for the repeal or modification of the ill-advised provision. The judgment
appealed from is affirmed. ..."
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