ill-advised

English

Adjective

ill-advised (comparative more ill-advised, superlative most ill-advised)

1. Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

     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.

2. (informal) Unwise.

Derived terms

• ill-advisedly

Translations

carried out without wise counsel

• Bulgarian: прибързан (bg) (pribǎrzan), необмислен (bg) (neobmislen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欠考慮的, 欠考虑的 (qiàn kǎolǜ de), 失策的 (zh) (shīcè de)

• Finnish: ajattelematon (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄβουλος (áboulos)

• Latin: inconsultus
• Polish: nierozsądny (pl), nieroztropny, nierozważny (pl)
• Spanish: desaconsejado (es)