Definition of Injudicious

1. Adjective. Lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise. "The result of an injudicious decision"

Similar to: Imprudent
Derivative terms: Injudiciousness, Injudiciousness

Definition of Injudicious

1. a. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.

Definition of Injudicious

1. Adjective. Showing poor judgement; not well judged. ¹

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Definition of Injudicious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Injudicious

1. 1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser. "An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor and the protector of his memory." (A. Murphy) 2. Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure. Synonym: Indiscreet, inconsiderate, undiscerning, incautious, unwise, rash, hasty, imprudent. Origin: Pref. In- not + judicious; cf. F. Injudicieux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Injudicious

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injudicious (current term)
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Literary usage of Injudicious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"This new proclamation required all the people of South Carolina to take an An injudicious active part in reestablishing the royal proclamation. ..."

2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"The tone of sentiment and action of people of the South is injudicious and indiscreet in many respects. I know not if there is any remedy, but if not, ..."

3. Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory by Jacob Burnet (1847)
"Early land laws injudicious.—Sold in very large tracts.—Few purchasers.— Settlement of the country retarded.—Laws modified—Sales in small tracts. ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He owed hie death to his doctor, and was slain, in his thirty-sixth year, by ' injudicious medical advice, given to remove a perpetual headache. ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... injudicious HASTE IN STUDY From the i Essay Concerning Human Understanding' THE eagerness and strong bent of the mind after knowledge, if not warily ..."

6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"When it appears that a trustee or executor has been negligent or injudicious in his management of a trust fund, the court will always grant a motion to have ..."

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